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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Posted in cambodia, current events on Sep 25th, 2010
After arriving early at BarCamp Phnom Penh and jockeying for a decent slot for my two presentations, I returned from lunch to find myself speaking against ... yours truly.
Since both of my talks required a projector, after some discussion this was quickly bumped to the next day. For Sunday I'd ...
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>Book launch and exhibition opening: 6-9pm Wednesday, August 18, 2010
>Artist talk: “50 Years of Cambodian Comics,” 6:30pm Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Java Café & Gallery – 56 Sihanouk Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Java Arts' new exhibition 'QuickDraw' is exactly that: a collection of short comic art vignettes by 'Jinja' (AKA John Weeks) ...
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Posted in cambodge, cambodia, current events on Aug 10th, 2010
Come down to the Chaktomuk if you haven't already.
Here Mongkol checks out some of Our Books' comics and goodies.
Verdict: thumbs up.
Tiny Toones shows their warez.
Kon Khmer Koun Khmer out in full force with prop camera:
More:http://cambodianartsfestival.org, and check out Andy's blow-by-blow!
Tags: cambodia,arts,festival
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