What A $5 Hotel Looks Like In Cambodia
A look at what my $5 hotel room looked like in Cambodia
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Photo Friday – A Sunset Through Monk Eyes – Bang Mun Nak, Thailand
A spectacular sunset one evening at a Buddhist temple as seen through a Monk’s eyes
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The Angkor Butterfly Center
A magical time spent at a Cambodian NGO that raises butterflies and supports local farmers. It’s a butterfly paradise!
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Aki Ra – Change Your Community, Change The World.. A True Hero
Aki Ra, a former child soldier turned incredible man responsible for clearing landmines and saving an untold number of lives in Cambodia.
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Getting Beaten Up By An 80lb Woman And Other Fun Massage/Acupuncture Experiences
Getting beaten up during a Khmer massage, trying Acupuncture as well as Vietnamese, Thai, and Fish massages for the first time
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Phnom Penh – Capital Of The Kingdom Of Cambodia
Cambodia’s beautiful capital of Phnom Penh via its royal palace, markets, food, and temples
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Suffering A Technological Setback In Cambodia And The Expensive Solution
What to do when you’re in Cambodia, you need a working computer and yours electrocutes you, and your AC adapter gets hot enough to start a fire?
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Photo Friday – You Gotta Manage Those Darn Foreigners! – Luang Prabang, Laos
You gotta manage those darn foreigners…
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A Glimpse Into Cambodia’s Recent Dark Past
A look at the two most important elements of the Khmer Rouge genocide, where 1/4 of the population of Cambodia was exterminated
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Sunday Lunch With Four Generations Of A Vietnamese Family – And I Was Invited!
My last lunch in Saigon, spent with a friend and four generations of her wonderful Vietnamese family
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Volunteering With Smile Group In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam And Visiting A Buddhist Orphanage/Nursing Home
The amazing work Smile Group Vietnam does, and visiting a Buddhist orphange/nursing home with the future leaders of Vietnam
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Being An American In Vietnam
What’s it like being an American in Vietnam, a country that has every right to hate us?
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Meeting Vietnam’s Most Famous Author – And Being Inspired To Write
The chance encounter with Vietnam’s most famous author, and reigniting a flame to write that has been dormant for half a decade
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Photo Friday – Childhood Learning: The Gaze Of Bewilderment – Veuntaen, Laos
Nothing is more beautiful than childhood learning and the face it produces when learning something new
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Peace Through Children’s Eyes
A series of paintings by children reflecting what their vision of peace is
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Visiting The Vietnam War Remnants / War Crimes Museum On July 4th
I made the grave error of visiting the War Crimes Museum/War Remnants Museum on July 4th. The museum had remnants of American planes and tanks from the war and told the story of the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese side. There’s no need to rehash the events of 40 years ago. There are plenty of […]
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam – The Times They Are A-Changin
I had no idea Ho Chi Minh City would be so modern, dynamic, exciting, young, and make me sad to leave
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