Poachers and Gamekeepers
“You want beer party now?” As we wandered the haunted hotel by torchlight, Saa’s invitation kind of broke the mood. The Bokor Hill Station, a...
“You want beer party now?” As we wandered the haunted hotel by torchlight, Saa’s invitation kind of broke the mood. The Bokor Hill Station, a...
Cambodia / People / World School
by Theodora · Published February 5, 2010 · Last modified February 9, 2013
Tree knows the Bokor National Park better than most. After all, he lived in the forest for two years. “My life was not a good...
“I think you should wear something a little more slimming tomorrow, mum,” was tactfully meant. “God, mum, your tummy sticks out almost as far as...
by Theodora · Published February 2, 2010 · Last modified October 5, 2012
When someone you have never met in a country you have never visited gives your child and you a present and wants nothing in return...
Soi comes into Koh Kong every couple of weeks to smoke some green, have a few beers and shoot the breeze at his friend’s sister’s...
There’s something of the Wild West about Sihanoukville, Cambodia. A sort of post-Soviet Wild West, where Hummers park off Soviet Avenue, portraits of two kings...
by Theodora · Published January 29, 2010 · Last modified August 29, 2012
There is something particularly unwelcoming about the phrase, “You give money now.” Particularly when spoken in a Khmer accent. The language isn’t tonal, so you...