WHO ARE OUR VISITORS AND WHO ARE WE???

 IT'S HARD TO CLASSIFY THEM BY SALARY; FOR SOME THE $22/PER PERSON/PER NIGHT MIGHT PUT A SMALL DINT IN THEIR BUDGET, BUT IT IS NOT A REAL SACRIFICE.  GENERALLY THEY RANGE FROM THEIR MID-TWENTIES TO BEYOND RETIREMENT.  MOST ARE PROFESSIONAL, SOME ARE HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS
AND OTHERS  ARE SPENDING THEIR SEVERANCE PAY TO ESCAPE THE ECONOMICAL NIGHTMARE THAT IS RAGING THROUGH THE WORLD.  

BUT MOSTLY THEY  ARE CURIOUS.   SEVERAL HAVE SAID, "SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN A  TAXI OR BUS, LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AT CAMBODIA AND YOU SEE THIS STRANGE NEW CULTURE AND YOU WONDER,  HOW DO THEY MANAGE IT.   IT LOOKS HARD!!!"  THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHY WE ARE HERE AND WHO WE ARE HERE FOR.  MY WIFE COMES FROM THIS VILLAGE, SO IT IS NOT ONLY THAT SHE IS A BI-LINGUAL NATIVE CAMBODIAN SPEAKER, SHE KNOWS THE PEOPLE SHE'S TALKING WITH AND THAT IS THE RELAXED RAPPORT THAT CAUSES INTERACTION BETWEEN OUR GUESTS AND THE LOCALS.  IN SHORT, WE ACHIEVE RECIPROCITY THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU TOO AND THAT HELPS DESTROY THAT STAID MUSEUM LIKE "GAWKING TO KNOW"APPROACH.