Comments on: Window Shopping in Cambodia http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/ A two-year trip around-the-world. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Nancy Thompson http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2137 Nancy Thompson Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:27:32 +0000 http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2137 Hi Andy, My first time to log onto your great website. I loved the Cambodia story; and the sarong is quite beautiful! Again, I love your pictures. Logging on makes me even more inspired to continue planning my own around-the-world. Hi Andy,

My first time to log onto your great website. I loved the Cambodia story;
and the sarong is quite beautiful! Again, I love your pictures. Logging on makes me even more inspired to continue planning my own around-the-world.

]]> By: Lee http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2102 Lee Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:17:54 +0000 http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2102 I had a similar experience in Cambodia as well. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, but with the friendliest people and antiquities that are amazing! Thanks for sharing your stories - they're pretty amazing, too! I had a similar experience in Cambodia as well. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, but with the friendliest people and antiquities that are amazing! Thanks for sharing your stories - they’re pretty amazing, too!

]]> By: Janny http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2094 Janny Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:59:29 +0000 http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2094 Timen, Even for things we saw for sale in Africa we thought a lot of them were made in China too... j. Timen,

Even for things we saw for sale in Africa we thought a lot of them were made in China too…

j.

]]> By: Chivy http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2093 Chivy Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:13:30 +0000 http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2093 Hi Andy, Motherhood has kept me busy and I've just had a few minutes to log on. Such eye opening experiences you've had. I especially want to hear more about being a farmer in Zambia. Can't wait until you'll visit the Bay Area. Would love to catch up. I'm so glad to know that you have stepped on the soil of my birth country. I myself have purchased bags full of cloth from these shops in both Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Talking to the kids, the shopkeepers, the moto drivers, and others just trying to make ends meet help to keep my perspectives grounded. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Hi Andy,

Motherhood has kept me busy and I’ve just had a few minutes to log on. Such eye opening experiences you’ve had. I especially want to hear more about being a farmer in Zambia. Can’t wait until you’ll visit the Bay Area. Would love to catch up.

I’m so glad to know that you have stepped on the soil of my birth country. I myself have purchased bags full of cloth from these shops in both Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Talking to the kids, the shopkeepers, the moto drivers, and others just trying to make ends meet help to keep my perspectives grounded. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

]]> By: Timen http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2086 Timen Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:10:55 +0000 http://noboundaries.org/blog/2008/02/07/window-shopping-in-cambodia/#comment-2086 Thanks for sharing. I have an interesting history with the black/gold cloth you bought. I bought the exact same thing in Vietnam two years back from a little shop near Dalat (blue/gold). There they had told me two women spent 1 month making the cloth. Naive as it is, I believed them and bought it. Happy... until I started thinking: gosh, it's flawless... it can't be made by hand! I was right, of course. Two months later I found the exact same cloth in Bangkok's Chinetown district. Neatly folded in a plastic bag with label and everything. Made in China. The whole experience made me quite angry. I had spent money on the cloth proportional to what I believe fair (in Vietnam) to the effort that had gone into making the cloth. I was really ripped-off. But it was a learning experience. I love Vietnam. I now live in Saigon, in fact. Thanks for sharing.

I have an interesting history with the black/gold cloth you bought. I bought the exact same thing in Vietnam two years back from a little shop near Dalat (blue/gold). There they had told me two women spent 1 month making the cloth. Naive as it is, I believed them and bought it. Happy… until I started thinking: gosh, it’s flawless… it can’t be made by hand!

I was right, of course. Two months later I found the exact same cloth in Bangkok’s Chinetown district. Neatly folded in a plastic bag with label and everything. Made in China.

The whole experience made me quite angry. I had spent money on the cloth proportional to what I believe fair (in Vietnam) to the effort that had gone into making the cloth. I was really ripped-off. But it was a learning experience.

I love Vietnam. I now live in Saigon, in fact.

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