Tag: Cambodia
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Definitely Not the Happiest Place on Earth: Cambodia’s S-21 and the Killing Fields
I suppose it is entirely possible to go to Cambodia, and Phnom Penh in particular, without going to see the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum or Choeung Ek. There are in fact, other things to see in Phnom Penh. The city once known as “the Paris of the East” is on the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers, so…
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Looking for Immortality (but will Settle for a Cold Beer) at the Angkor Temples
During our three days of temple hopping in Siem Reap, we saw seven or eight temples in the Angkor complex and barely scratched the surface. No wonder I got templed out.
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Finally, Cambodia
It is safe to say that Cambodia has not yet recovered from the horrors of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime of the late 1970s.
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Cambodian Tuk Tuks
We had a ritual when we were in Siem Reap. Well, it’s sort of a ritual we have whenever we travel, really. It goes like this: Run around like crazy people most of the day, soaking in all the history and culture and sights we can lay our eyes on, make comments on all the assorted smells…
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Eight Incredible Things We Ate in Singapore and Cambodia (and New York)
The last two weeks have involved super fun, almost vacation-like visits to a new dentist for my third round of scaling and root planing procedures. If you don’t know what this is, you are extremely fortunate. I’ve actually had it done twice before, but my new dentist (and my x-rays) suggested that I had not…
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The Road from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
We took a nice little drive on Saturday here in Cambodia. We hired a driver to take us from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, a distance of approximately 145 miles. But I will forever know that trip as “Exciting Game of Five Hour Highway Chicken.” I’ve never been so glad to be alive. Speaking of…
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Cambodia Better Bring It
Ugh. I’ve been slacking on the blogging. I know. The thing is, I had to run all over town to find shorts. In February. In D.C. where the high temps this month have regularly hovered around “freezing your leg hairs off.” (Also, I’ve had a lot of big deadlines to hit in the past couple…