Chris The Barang

At a casino on the Cambodian (Poi Pet), Thailand border I met an interesting Western man (barang in Khmer) named Chris. Chris was playing Texas hold em at one of the tables and we had a little chat. He had traveled though out South Asia, previously in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and was now in Cambodia (with Vietnam on the horizon). The cool part of Chris's trip was he was doing it via motorbike, he would buy or rent a motorbike in each country then use it to travel at his own leisurely pace. The idea of spending months possibly even a year traveling on a motorcycle in Cambodia is intoxicating. To have the freedom to meet and photograph people, to eat the local food to speak the language (need to learn Khmer) would be a life changing experience. I have to look into going down this road in the future.

I got Chris's email address and will try writing him tonight, want to learn more about his travels and adventures as well as the more practical stuff.