As much as we’d like to deny it, getting an awesome t-shirt is part of the backpacking experience. So here is a list of awesome t-shirts shops I’ve stumbled upon in my travels.
Cambodia
Spicy Green Mango
No. 4A, St. 278, in Golden Star Apartment Building, 12302, Phnom Penh
Nº. 208, Alley West, near old market, Siem Reap
www.spicygreenmango.com
They also have a Facebook site, just search Spicy Green Mango.
Located near the side of the Royal Palace, this shop sells designed by a Ukranian yoga instructor and pre-school teacher living in Phnom Penh. Cool, huh. Her shirts are soft because they are made from yoga cloth, and they last a long time.
Boom Boom Records
Siem Reap (And Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, it seems)
They also have a Facebook site, just search Boom Boom Records.
Located on one of the main shopping streets of Siem Reap, across the ice cream store with white sofas, this shop sells shirts as well as music.
Nepal
Una Pluma
They also have a Facebook site, just search Una Pluma.
Found this place walking down Paknajol street in Kathmandu. Same yoga shirt quality feel like Spicy Green Mango. Prices were awesome.
Philippines
Team Manila
Probably the most famous of the graphic designed tees of the Philippines, their shirts can be found everywhere. But I particularly like their shop in Power Plant Mall in Rockwell, Makati because it’s done nice.
Analog Soul
Owned by my friend, their shirts have a more edgier design, and in fact, I prefer them over the former, but that’s just me. Their flagship store is in Trinoma.
Electromagnetic Tentacle
http://electromagnetictentacle.blogspot.com/
The new kid on the block, their shirts are just hilarious. They don’t have a shop yet but as usual you can find them on the Facebook or the Google and the website I’ve listed above. You might have to be Filipino to get their jokes… or not.
Well that’s all for now. Sorry I couldn’t give exact addresses of where they are, but I’ll try. I know where they are… in my mind, lol. Hopefully, I’ll find just as “hip” stores in other countries, but these are the ones I feel are the best.
Oh ya, one more, if you want to get a shirt with the Philippine map on it, ala Balikbayan style, the original shirt can be found also in Power Plant in Rockwell, in a shop called C2. You can’t miss it. There’s a huge map of the Philippines engraved in it’s front.
