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I made a short trip to Siem Reap last week and have to say I was impressed. My only other trip there had been 8 years ago when it put me in mind of Nakhon Phanom in 1974. It has come a long way since then. I doubt I would consider it as a retirement location for other reasons, but it has quite a few barang oriented shopping venues and you are starting to see up market housing blocks.

Rode past the Royal Angkor Internarional Hospital. It's managed by Bangkok Hospital and has an impressive modern building. The reviews on the care may be something else and the word in the English language tourist pubs is still to head fot Bangkok for anything serious.

Felt I was not unreasonably suicidal riding around in a tuk tuk.

There were no signs in cyrillic but a good many in Korean.

BRAVE

Animated and G rated but quite good. Heroine's parents want to arrange a dynastic marriage with one of the sons of three other chieftans. She takes a look at the selection and decides "Thanks, but no thanks." Suspect TGs would love it.

TED

Good reviews but the gag, a talking, pot smoking, whore mongering teddy bear, gets old quickly. The human lead is a 35 year old slacker who should be banging the hell out of his not girl friend, prefers to smoke pot with his teddy bear.

TO ROME WITH LOVE

Another Woody Allen movie with no plot but quite watchable.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Intense, complicated and very good.

The Town. Always interesting to see guys who look like relatives (Irish Americans) portrayed as bandits.