Posted in current events, news on Nov 26th, 2010
Wear black. Wear white. There wasn't much agreement about how to observe the tragedy as a group yesterday. A Condolence March had been announced (more than once) on Facebook for 5:00 pm, starting at the Independence Monument, and concluding at Koh Pich. It's nearly impossible to get a permit for ...
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Posted in current events, news on Nov 23rd, 2010
WORKING DOCUMENT
Updated 11/22/2010 11:10 PM PST, USA (thx PDP!)
Updated 4:15 pm Nov 27 Cambodia time JW
Also, Bayon TV and CTN have been requesting donations since the early morning of the 23rd for local disaster relief.
DONATIONS:
National Committee for Disaster Management
(Click for full list of members)Donations, which will be ...
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Posted in cambodia, tourism on Nov 18th, 2010
There was simply no WAY I was going to spend time in Ratanakiri without getting a little Elephant Time in. My local friends were only too keen to oblige. On the way we passed through a plantation of trees bearing sap used to make rubber. And then boom, we're hanging ...
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An iridescent green jewel surrounded by trees. Ahhh.
Particularly interesting: on the path around the lake is a small tourist centre. Cultural tourism by Cambodians largely targeted AT ethnic Khmers. It's always interesting to see how a country is internally represented to its own people - i.e. the Cambodian Cultural Village. ...
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Posted in cambodge, cambodia, Other Goodies on Nov 16th, 2010
A 4 day weekend!
Naturally my idea of fun is taking a 10 hour bus ride up to remote Ratanakiri province, where Banlung is the tiny Khmer speaking oasis in the midst of 12 different ethnic groups. Forest everywhere, sprouting from red earth. I landed at Tree Tops guest house (above), ...
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