by Cynthia Koo | Dec 18, 2012 | Cambodia, India, Introductions, Introspection, Iran, Post-travel Reflections
I’ve been to more places in the last year than I have been in my entire life. And in another seven days, I will board a plane for my fourth Monsoon in the last year, this time to Eastern Europe, as a third-time veteran of The Monsoon Diaries’...
by Stephanie Quan | Aug 12, 2011 | Cambodia, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
Battambang doesn’t have much, but what it does have is a bamboo train- which is really really fun to ride. I first read about this in a Smithsonian article, which is also where I read about that Yangon art gallery (where I ended up participating in a performance...
by Stephanie Quan | Aug 9, 2011 | Cambodia, How's the weather?, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
Is the name of a bar in Siam Reap. If you buy two buckets, you get a t-shirt. I have a t-shirt. Its been raining. Which is nice because it normally happens in the late afternoon, just when the heat is past my level of toleration. It has meant though that I’ve...
by Stephanie Quan | Aug 6, 2011 | Cambodia, Let me tell you a Story..., Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
defenses up again. haggling again. sleeping in a building that’s about to be torn down. there’s a rave going on outside. got a massage by a blind person… It may just be the place where I’m staying (by the lake, near a cluster of cheap cheap...
by Stephanie Quan | Aug 4, 2011 | Cambodia, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Thailand
Not quite the wild, actually. More like into the unknown. Calvin and I parted ways this morning. It was a little sad. He wrote his address in my notebook next to all the other addresses of people, we’ve traveled with. Of course, he pointed out the sentimentality...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 19, 2010 | Cambodia, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Walking Tours
Welcome to Cambodia, a dichotomy worth dissecting; a binary land where diametrically opposed limits of human achievement and human devastation come together. In one minute you’re captivated by the stunningly glorious Khmer civilization both ancient (Angkor Wat)...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 19, 2010 | *Countries, Cambodia, How's the weather?, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
Gonna miss ya, Cambodia. I’ll be back. – At time of posting in Siemreap, it was 82.4 °F – Humidity: 78% | Wind Speed: 2km/hr | Cloud Cover: scattered...
