On a motorbike tour of Battambang, sampling potent rice wine and fruit and getting tipsy with our guide, the forty-five year old Mr Hinn Hoa. He survived the Khmer Rouge regime, but lost his parents, most of his extended family and their family farm. Full of vengeance, he joined the Vietnamese army and remained in the military for another 15 years after the war.
"But I left because we earned only $30 a month..." he says. As one of Battambang's best guides his monthly income now nudges US$150.