Welcome friends, family members, co-workers, random internet stalkers. This is to be the first entry of Fried Sweet Bananas, my stomping ground for brief glimpses into life in Thailand and Southeast Asia. For those of you who don't already know, I recently took a hiatus from my job as an online course management software guru and packed my bags and sailed on over to Thailand where I am teaching English and Mathematics, and indulging in beaches, boulders, and bamboo shoots.
My travels began in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where I was trained in the art of Sunday evening jazercise, hacky sack with a shuttlecock, and happy pizza. Happy pizza was of particular surprise to me. What is happy pizza you ask?... Well... imagine happy brownies, except pizza. Phnom Penh (and Cambodia in general) is littered with restaurants blatently advertizing these (not so) innocent delights. The odd thing about this is that drugs, and marijuana in particular are illegal in Cambodia. So how are these restaurants allowed to advertise such blatently illegal cuisine? It just gives you an idea of how corrupt and lazy the whole police force is in Cambodia.
Besides the questionable food selection I actually found Phnom Penh to be quite enjoyable. Most of my time was spent TESOL training at Panasatra University, but I was still able to find some time to explore and mingle with the locals. Some of my favorite memories include playing sai (essentially hacky sack with a badminton shuttlecock) in the park for hours, drinking vodka buckets and Ankor pitchers with the group in Siem Reap, and relaxing with a "JD Extreme" by the pool at Elsewhere Bar. In the end, my Cambodian experience was a success. I met some really great people through my TESOL cours and would certainly reccommend Phnom Penh as a great place to visit if you are looking for cheap prices, an authentic experience, incredible temples, and "lax" rules.
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