Archive for November, 2010

Thursday Offerings

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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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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Ratanakiri Weekend Part 03

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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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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