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Yatta!
If constantly being on the move was feasible, I would do it all the time. In the right mood and with the right people, what would have been a very boring car ride or flight can become the highlight of your day and lead to a new friendship or novel experience (and always a learning…
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The Sweetest Thing
I thought I was going to be able to get away with skipping a post about my last three days in Bangkok, but of course a lot of nice things happened in that time and maybe it’s best I write to inspire others. Lucy and Mark, a couple that had gone to karaoke with us…
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Are you tired?
“I’ve been meaning to go and see Ayutthaya. You wanna go see Ayutthaya with me?” I asked Ricarda. “Are you tired?” “Huh?” “What did you say?” “Ayutthaya.” “Ohhhh! Okay.” It’s easy to say you’re making plans, but when you have days on days to carry them out, it’s hard to make them happen quickly and…
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You Can(‘t) Sit With Us
The bus from Siem Reap to Bangkok takes about 9 hours and costs $8-10 depending what bus company you go with. And it’s a tiny bit misleading to say “the bus,” so allow me to explain a bit. At 7AM, you wake up to catch your tuk tuk or van to the bus station. The…
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Return to Dust
While deciding what to do for my birthday, I headed back for Phnom Penh with the volunteers of “Project Abroad” and chose to book another three nights in the City of Dust. I’m starting to find out just how much of a foody destination this city can be, with literally any kind of food you…
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Nothing can Koh Rong
We didn’t see much of Sihanoukville in our time there before leaving for the islands, but that’s okay. It looked less-than-ideal. I’ve heard from a lot of people that most places in Cambodia end up being “love it or hate it” destinations. The reason behind this, I assume, is a lack of knowledge about…
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Happy Phnom Penh
Despite all the things wrong with this city; the dust, the insanity of it all, the traffic, the heat, the devastation from which is it still recovering, and the unbridled capitalistic ventures of the money-hungry, Phnom Penh has a lot of really cool stuff to offer people. After seeing the killing fields with the English…
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Oxyflacaslop
I had designated the next day as a work day. It was finally time to catch up on my blog, and it would also serve as a sort of penitence for me for having left all those children. But around three in the afternoon, something horrible began to happen to me. My face started to…
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Hello teacher, where you going?
I was excited about being able to finally help a bit organizing community activities, teaching kids, and singing songs while building relationships with professionals in a new country. The first thing that happened at the education center, which was one of about 60 in various parts of Cambodia, was for the director, Ms. Dany, to…
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City of Dust
Arriving in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought it was likely similar to Bangkok but less developed, and I guess that was correct to a point. But to use the phrase “not as developed” would be an incredible understatement. There were lots of immigration workers running…