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Tag: Cambodia
Wonder: What Was It Like In SE Asia in 1100 AD? Angkor Wat Ancient Heritage Site
We walk in the Cambodian sun with hundreds of other tourists to wonder and listen and to try to imagine what in must have been like in the year 1100 when this place was at the height of its glory. The guide tells us about one hundred thousand laborers and hundreds of elephants who toiled…
Asian Circles of Conversation: Sitting on the Floor or on the Ground
Asia offers a whole new world of experiences for the Westerner. Learning to enjoy tea and conversation while sitting on the floor is one. For me there is a refreshing equalizing feeling about this thing of sitting on the floor together. It feels like we are all coming down to the same level because we…
Yun & Neum: A Cambodian Couple Raise Cows to Support Their Children
In reflecting on my time last week in Cambodia, I think that one of the most rewarding moments was the time we spent talking with a couple who are working to support their kids in school. Yun, the husband and Neum, the wife received one cow from the Love Cambodia cow bank and will pay…
The Killing Fields Memories of Cambodia
I hope my readers won’t weary of this series of blogs on Cambodia just yet. I’d like to share a few pictures about the memory of the “killing fields”: memories Cambodians live with. From the time the US armed forces pulled out of Vietnam in 1975, to about 1979, there was a great turmoil in…
Mr. Mao—A Great Teacher and a Great Farmer
Mr Mao has been an inspiration to me and literally thousands of farmers in Cambodia and other countries because he leads by example.
Sugar Palm Trees of Cambodia
When you travel in southern Cambodia in January or February you see long, skinny bamboo poles tied up on the tall trunks of a special palm tree that the people allow to grow disbursed in the rice fields. This is the sugar palm tree. Love0 Share Share Share Pin
A Week in Cambodia
Feb 22, 2012 Last week in Cambodia It was really good to visit Cambodia again last week. The morale of our staff is high—they are seeing good results from their work and jelling as a team. I guess I’ve been visiting southern Cambodia since about 2004 or 2005. It’s a country where many of the…