Author Archives: Khmer 440 Staff
Cambodia Photo of the Day
Get the backstory here. And a big hat tip to LTO for the image.
Posted in News, Phnom Penh
Tagged Phnom Penh
‘Going Native’ in Cambodia
After living in Cambodia for a few years, it is considered quite normal for a foreigner to subconsciously take on many of the cultural traits of the indigenous host community in his or her adopted homeland. Indeed, some foreigners ,…
Posted in Commentary, Expat Life
Tagged expat life
Terry Avon
Terry Avon, a fantastic writer for this website and a good friend to many of us, died earlier this week. Here is a tribute from Terry’s friend Tim Holland together with some photos from his funeral and wake. Terry would…
Posted in Commentary, Phnom Penh
Tagged Terry Avon
Quote of the Day
”Were the ex-bandits unreliable at night? Oh no it was not that. On the contrary they were very disciplined. Well then, what was it?….the tigers, perhaps? No it wasn’t the tigers either..but the fact was that after dark Angkor was…
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Angkor Wat
Killing Time in the Killing Fields
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Fifteen kilometers from Phnom Penh a Buddhist stupa sits in the middle of manicured lawns surrounded by heavily-trafficked dirt paths. Throngs of Western tourists, dressed in beachwear and earphones, walk around, treading lightly over the bones of Cambodian people that…