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Floating down the Mekong Delta.
Want to see floating houses? When traveling in Cambodia, take a small ferry from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. read more
by Anna Schwaber
27 Jul 2009
Cambodia
"Dogura" offers unique view of Cambodian life
"Dogura" has no script, plot, or actors. As a feature-length film by French filmmaker, Patrice Leconte, it offers scenes of Cambodian daily life and cultural practice. Similar to "Baraka" and ... read more
by Anna Schwaber
27 Jul 2009
Blog Posts
Cambodia
Devastation and Hope
I have two stories to share: one is a story of devastation and one is of hope. Today Haydin and I went to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Choeung Ek Killing Fields in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As with my visit to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland, I find ... read more
by Rachel Holan
01 Mar 2010
Cambodia
Backlog 5: Phnom Penh, Second helping
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by Molly Sterns
13 Jan 2010
Cambodia
Thailand
Backlog 4: First Dispatch from Phnom Penh
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by Molly Sterns
13 Jan 2010
Cambodia
2009_12_26_Condors and Busses
I am sitting in the eastern side of the Japanese friendship bridge and the sweltering heat outside is toasting everything. It took me at least 6 hours to travel from Sihanoukville on the coast to Phnom Penh. The ride was un eventful except for the beginning part. The van that ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
2009_12_Moles and Christmas
Merry Christmas! This should be what people are all about for this day. This is true for my culture in the Philippines. Well, mostly true. Boasting of at least 90% catholic religion, my country has its not so subtle way of encroaching others’ belief and making Christmas a holiday for ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
2009_12_22_We to I
I just realized how important suspension is as a part of moving object that carries people for 5 hours from point A to point B. My bruised bum agrees. After a bluish-black ride from Siem Reap we arrived in Phnom Penh by lunch time. Meg and me had a very ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
2009_12_21_Top ten in Siem Reap
Top Ten things that you MIGHT help you when you go to Ankor Wat. 10. Everything is one dollar and everything is not. 9. Stair climbing is virtually a full body workout that is not to be taken lightly. 8. Beer dehydrates. Water hydrates. Beer dehydrates. Water hydrates. Beer ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
2009_12_20_Siem Reap and Sunrise
Yesterdays adventure was going into the Small tour of Ankor Wat. Today, we ventured early in the morning to see the sunrise. Yesterdays peak was after traipsing around the temple was going back into our guesthouse in the afternoon. At 1600 HRS, I was asleep. I woke up at 2400 ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
2009_12_19_In transition
We arrived here in Siem Reap yesterday. It was a six hour bus ride. Several stops, a spilled can of coke and Meg falling asleep. Right now, my brain is digesting the Cambodian Kung-fu and Karaoke that blazed the way going to Siem Reap. The road was sprawled with houses ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
2009_12_18_Cockroach and travel buddies
Cockroaches are the perfect assimilators. They crawl, they fly, they bite, they eat anything and they can survive nuclear attack. Well, I dont know the specifics on last one but Wikipedia says that. Of course Wikipedia says alot of Bull so, take that with a grain of salt. Well, me ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
2009_12_17_The Start
I lost time. Then I thought, if I did lost time, where did it go? Then I felt, Dang! I got cheated. Then I realized, well that is that. My plane left Seattle at 0900 HRS Pacific time. The next one at 2400 HRS in San Francisco at the same ... read more
by Harvey J. D. Garcia
26 Dec 2009
Cambodia
Pallas Athena Visits me on the Beach (Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Mid-May)
Sihanoukville is the biggest of a handful of beach towns scattered along Cambodia’s small stretch of coastline. The backpacker hangout, Serendipity Beach, is a tawdry version of the French Riviera where the beaches are lined with dilapidated beach chairs and tattered, mismatched parasols. Every inch of the beachfront is occupied by ... read more
by Mark Ayling
24 May 2009
Cambodia
The Horror... (Siem Reap/Angkor Wat)
A Breath of Fresh Air - History of Angkor - How the Mighty Have Fallen - Poverty - School No Good - Corruption - Changed Perceptions - The Horror... In Phnom Penh I saw Cambodia in her ugliest and most shameful form. I needed a breath of fresh air. I ... read more
by Mark Ayling
22 May 2009
Cambodia
Pushing Against the Ocean (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, early May)
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by Mark Ayling
22 May 2009
Cambodia
Holiday in Cambodia
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by Mark Ayling
22 May 2009
Cambodia
A quick dip into Cambodia
My alarm went off at 6:00 am. Normally I'd be quite reluctant to get the day rolling, but today was different. I was in Cambodia and there was not a moment to lose. Within seconds I was already out of my bed and trying to figure out the hose on ... read more
by Tim McNaught
07 Apr 2009
Cambodia
Vietnam
Coming Home is the Hardest Part
When I used to think of Vietnam, I would think of teenagers with flowers in their hair and leather mini skirts, arm in arm with boys in bellbottoms and a fist in the air marching against the Vietnam War. I would start humming “Aquarius” and sigh at the idea ... read more
