I'm only writing this post out of a sense of duty and slight foreboding.The scaremongers have been out in their droves recently mainly because the security situation seems to be becoming far more unstable and stories of crime are on the increase.
Just last night there was an apparent shoot out on Norodom Boulevard(one of the main thoroughfares in the city)involving what was described as a "spectacular SUV" and a "grubby motorcycle".......spectacular not being a word I would use,but I digress,and through an ex-pat site that I'm registered with,I read various accounts of sustained gunfire,basically because the guy in the SUV was pissed off that the "grubby" motorbike had dared to infringe on his right of way.It turns out that the driver was the son of a very high ranking police official and in the words of the local upholders of the law "they wouldn't dare speak to someone from that family"!!
A fairly typical situation,but one that seems to be on the rise.People being robbed at gunpoint even by your tuk-tuk driver is now prevalent,and just the other night a woman was involved in a motorbike drive by bag snatch outside my digs.Worry not,as I always use the same drivers and they know me,and I know them.Bags are also something I tend to leave at home.
Blimey,I do sound negative.It all adds to the fun and anyway,I always felt far more apprehensive at kicking out time on a Saturday night in Acton.
Not much else to report,apart from the fact that I am missing the UK in more ways than I thought and that I have been feeling under the weather,but then what's new.Probably got a parasite in me somewhere,so I'm rattling at the moment due to pill intake.