Ride with me through Phnom Penh

3.0 Spyglasses


Recently my friend got a pair of "spyglasses" which are basically sporty looking sunnies with a built in camera and mic. So, I thought, what a golden opportunity to film what it's like to ride a moto through the streets of Phnom Penh. So here are a couple of clips of my everyday journeys through the city.. weaving in and out of traffic and dodging oncoming cars.. it's like a video game. You'll notice there's a bit of a difference between Cambodia and nzee.. or cali.. Enjoy the ride!


Here's what it's like to ride home from work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrR1Q2Rtxo0


And here's from my new home to work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh8_fag2B2A


ps. today I had my first "accident".. a guy pulled out right in front of me as I was driving down a main street... no one got injured and our motos were unscathed..so it's nothing news worthy..thank goodness!




3.1 Mooving


Well, today is the day that Koni and Barbara fly back to Switzerland.. and so the rest of us, Dominik, Rebecca, baby Yannick and myself just moved into a new home earlier this week. We now live further south of the city, and a little bit off the tracks.. you can see my journey to work in the video link above. 


The transition has been good.. though I must admit I was sulking on tuesday.. when I was packing.. because I came to realize that I don't cope well with change that aren't my decision. I was fine moving to the US and moving to Cambodia, but having to move to a new house was not by choice, but rather circumstantial - Koni and Barbara were leaving and we needed to find a new place. But you know, it's still a huge blessing -  to have a comfortable place to live, and my own room with a/c..! It's a smaller, humbler home (nothing really compares to the house we were in), but still quite a high standard for Cambodia. 


It's sad to see Koni and Barbara leave, as they were quite a huge part of my life here.. so it'll be interesting to see how their "unpresence"  will influence my stay. I'm trying to stay positive and I guess, not having them around means I'll have more time to develop my relationships with my other friends here :) 


Oh yeah, I'm in a movie making phase and if there's anything you would like to know about Cambodia, just let me know - I don't have the spyglasses anymore, but I do have my pink olympus :)