Posted in Cambodia on Nov 24th, 2007
I am so ignorant.
1.7 million people perished under the reign of the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979. The Vietnamese, the Thai, China, the US — all were involved to some extent. Pol Pot, the mastermind behind the reign of terror, died in 1998 before he ever came to trial. To his dying day, he [...]
Posted in Cambodia on Nov 20th, 2007
The moment we enter Cambodia, racing through the countryside in our taxi, the sun begins to set behind the miles and miles of endless rice fields. The clay turns a vibrant red. Mud-crusted bicycles sit abandoned on the side of the road as young boys in their underwear wade through the water, fishing [...]
Posted in Cambodia on Nov 18th, 2007
For those of you that think traveling is not work (albeit unpaid), let me detail our last 29 hours, which involved no less than eight modes of transportation:
Krabi, Thailand [3pm] - I find our passports. Let me digress for a moment; I’m guessing you want the story. Jen, having maybe her first lapse of good [...]
Posted in Thailand on Nov 15th, 2007
(1) We’ve spent the last six days staying at a US$15/ni bungalow on an island in southern Thailand. Now, even in Thailand, a $15/ni bungalow ten feet from the water implies you are not in the most luxurious of accommodations; true enough, we discovered we were sharing the bungalow with at least one Thai-sized [...]
Posted in Thailand on Nov 14th, 2007
Time seems to be slipping away… our rattan-latticed bungalow, the white sand, the clear blue-green water, the fresh barracuda and white snapper from the morning’s spear-fishing trip, and the wooden long-tail boats puttering back and forth….
Ao Toh Ko Bay / Our Beach Bungalow at Ao Toh Ko Bay
We originally said we would stay here [...]
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