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Revere’s Ride
I wanted a gift to give my daughter’s Peace Corps host family. I suggested food, maybe chocolate. Abby nixed that idea. She explained via email that chocolate was unknown in her Cambodian village. How about something from Boston, she suggested, … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Personal
Tagged Beantown, Boston, Cambodia, gift wrapping, Peace Corps, Revere Bowl, Shreve Crump & Low, World Atlas
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Auxiliary Verbs
A husky Cambodian pulls his moto across traffic along Battambang Cambodia’s riverside promenade. “Excuse me, do you speak English?” It’s a ridiculous question to ask a tall American and his blond daughter. The man continues before we bother to answer. … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged Auxiliary verbs, Bunnarath Som, Cambodia, english grammar, Slarkham English School
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The Slow Boat from Battambang to Siem Reap
There are two ways to get from Battambang, Cambodia to Siem Reap. The bus through Sisophon takes about three hours and costs $5.50. The boat along the Sangker River takes seven to nine hours, costs twenty dollars, and requires a … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Personal
Tagged Battambang, Boat to Siem Reap, Cambodia, Sanger River, Siem Reap, Tonle Sap
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Chinese Noodle
During a recent trip to Cambodia my daughter and I visited Battambang twice – en route from Abby’s home village of Kra Kor to Siem Reap, and on our return trip. During those two brief stays we ate at Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Personal
Tagged Angkor beer, Battambang, Cambodia, Chinese Noodle, Peace Corps
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Cambodia Today – A Generation After the Killing Fields
Thirty-five years ago, Vietnamese marched into Phnom Penh, liberating Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge, who’d ostensibly liberated the same people a mere four years before. The Khmer Rouge’s short but devastating regime capitalized on the Cambodian people’s reverence for nation … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Peace Corps, Pursat
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Same Same But Different
I recently visited Cambodia and received foreign travel’s twin satisfactions: a deeper appreciation for others and a sharpened perspective on my own country’s strengths and flaws. I also snagged this souvenir T-shirt whose cryptic puzzle leaves me wondering how we … Continue reading
Cambodia Impressions
I spent two weeks over the Christmas holiday visiting Cambodia and my daughter Abby, who is a Peace Corps Volunteer in a rural village in Pursat Province. After flying 10,000 miles, we traversed only about 200 miles of Cambodia, focusing … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Battambang, Bayon, Cambodia, Cheung Ek, Chinese Noodle, Hariharalaya, Krakor, Peace Corps, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Te Phrohm, Tonle Sap, Tonle Sueng Prison
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