The first 'favorite find' from Cambodia happens to currently be for sale :( A full-length black leather tranchcoat! This beast weighs at least 10lbs and goes almost to my ankles. It is amazing, complete with a removable Thinsulate liner. The lady selling it wanted $60, but I only wanted to pay $50, so we met in the middle at $55. What a crazy deal.

          I am selling it because it is a little impractical for school and such. Trying to get a back-pack over this beast is kinda awkward, and it doesn't fit on the back of chairs!? Half the thing drags on the floor and people step on it and it gets caught in the legs, etc etc etc. 
My wife are also on a big 'animal rights' kick right now and we are trying to be a little more sensitive to the needs of all living things on this planet, not just our own. So, all these things have contributed to my reason for selling. And, I am eyeing up a nice Lumberjack hoodie/jacket thing but they expensive! So I thought if I could sell this, I'd buy that. If you are interested in buying, or even having a look, let me know.

The next 'find' is a pair of Emporio Armani frames I got for $40! We knew we needed an upgrade so we thought we could get a good deal in Cambodia instead of paying an arm and a leg back here in Canada, so before we left we went looking. Jenny got a pair of Christian Dior, which 'frame technitions' back home here are not impressed with quality wise, but the same people said mine were actually authentic and they were most undoubtedly real Armani frames. Whether they are or not is a matter of conjecture, what matters is, they are really nice, and they were cheap.

And finally my prized 'find'. I had previously bought two "Rolex" watches ($15 and $7) while in Cambodia, but seen this one with only a week or so to go before leaving. I fell in love with it instantly, but the lady wanted $30!?!? I tried to talk her down, but she wouldn't budge so I decided $30 was a good price for a decent watch anyways, even if it was a fake.

While at HH in NY this summer, the battery died so I took it to Precision Time at the Aviation Mall in Queensbury to see if they could change it. The fella on duty gave me a big spiel about how it was a "Rado" and it would be $60 to change the battery because Rado uses a special battery and it had to be specially weather-sealed blah blah blah. I told him about getting it in Cambodia and how it was probably a fake. He said it didn't look or feel like a fake but he could only really tell he took the back off and it was made of plastic (rather than 18-carat gold). If so, he would have to send it to Rado so they could destroy it!! I said no thanks and left.

I got thinkin how the watch was no good to me as it was so I took it back and got him to open it up. I came back 15min later and he said it was running again, and that it was indeed filled with 18-carat gold and the watch was worth between $2000-$4000. He said it could be a fake, but if it was, it was the best fake he had ever seen. Interesting.

So, maybe I have a Rado and maybe I don't. Don't metter to me. I like the watch either way.

So there ya go. A few stories about a few treasured finds in Cambodia.

$55 - full-length leather trenchcoat
$40 - Armani frames
$30 - Rado Jubile watch
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$$125!!