Archive for July, 2005

No Starbucks in Cambodia?

No Starbucks in Cambodia? A fair number of emails floating around sparked by this quote: "There's no Starbucks." http://tinyurl.com/axebp For my Khmer readers, Starbucks is a popular coffee shop that began in the USA. The furniture and food is exactly the same in ...

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Stop light for Trafficking

Stop light for Trafficking A quick post: two sites recommended by a friend, www.humantrafficking.org & www.TIPinAsia.info   Kudos to their mission, am especially impressed by the Khmer Unicode dynamic opentype font on the latter! (For all you techies.)

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Mystery Photo

Mystery Photo What do you see? A series of tiny windows? An abstract art project? Cooling fins on an alien spaceship? I'll reprint some of the best guesses. Click on 'link' below to add a comment.

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Cambodia Blogger Meetup Forgot my 'Moto Taxi' cap! But people found each other anyway at our first ever Cambodia Blogger Pub Night. The Phnom Penh came two hours early and sorted Cantina's Wi-Fi connection. Tharum spotted me from my photo. Kampuchea Crossings completely forgot but wandered by for food. Left to right: Kampuchea ...

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This HIV awareness mural is on the side of one of the Tonle Bassac buildings, designed by Vann Molyvann. (The building, not the mural.) It's an interesting view of the intersection between international efforts and local art. I can't help but wonder - if I had a giant HIV awareness painting ...

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