The Aranyaprathet/Poipet border has been getting smashed with locals returning home from Thailand... Scary stuff living here in Siem Reap.
Our family has decided to bunker down and ride out the storm.
"Focus on the rich life and let the dying for the poor..."
A Cambodian man was complaining about the price to get a Corona test, and how it was wrong that his own people were driving the price of face masks up. (On one of the expat pages today) Another Cambodian's response was "Oh brother not enough money, soon you will die. R.I.P"
Schools have been shut down here for a few weeks now, my wife's school has been shut down till August. They are making a decent effort here in Siem Reap... Phnom Penh is a much larger and more congested city though... it's only a matter of time.
Stay safe!
I can only imagine what it must feel like to have an almost tsunami of potentially infected workers returning to Siem Riep, which is not exactly flush in terms of medical facilities or social supports beyond family. Hunkering down is good - take care of your family!! A splinterlands man, huh? LOL. I, too, am an ex-Mebournite and Aussie refugee, living here in Thailand these past 17 years. Following you. 😊
I Followed you also.
Awesome to hear you're a fellow Aussie, My wife and I have 5 kids(all born in Brisbane) But, we have lived in Siem Reap for nearly 8 years now...
We have medical insurance, so we felt safe... but recently found out, it is not valid for pandemic outbreaks.
But we are stocked up, and no need to worry about TP over here 😉
Stay safe!
I'm Dutch born and we moved to Australia when I was a kid. 5 kids - wow! I have one half-Thai daughter aged 15. BUMMER about the medical insurance but not surprised - it's gonna bankrupt the few companies who do offer it, I think. Thanks for the follow. 🙃