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Artists Revive Golden Age of Cambodia in Upcoming Documentary
YEAR 33, directed by Kathryn Lejeune, is an upcoming feature length documentary that tells the inspiring stories of three young Khmer artists who are quietly working to revive their country’s devastated artistic heritage. An intimate glimpse into their lives reveal…
Phnom Penh Street Stories: Part 2
A little further down Sothearos is ‘The White Building’. Not so far as it is from the PM’s house, the Royal Palace and Sofitel, it epitomizes for me the ‘us and them’ situation in Cambodia. Below is an interesting you-tube…
2nd ABBA Bodybuilding Competition Sizzles this Summer Again in Siem Reap.
Saturday, July 21st 2012 will sizzle this summer in Siem Reap when the one day bodybuilding competition gets underway at Angkor Century Hotel which is marking a major milestone for 2nd ABBA competition this year. Competitors will be judged on…
Cambodia ESL: A Culture of Insouciance
The Cambodian rubbish dump, and my not so final, final exam “I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.” Benjamin Franklin, “On…
Does Your Cambodian Girlfriend Dream About Snakes?
I spent a lot of time with a Cambodian woman last week. I came back to the U.S. yesterday, and today she called me to report that last night she had a dream about snakes. She thinks it means that…
Cambodia Maps Say Thanks
Finally, after just over a year, the CambodiaMaps CD has raised enough to make a sizeable donation to Wat Kampong Tralach School. On Saturday 05/04/08, I delivered a brand new computer system to the Abbot of the wat. The computer…
More Dengue Fever – this time live in Seattle.
We’ve been overwhelmed with emails asking for more Dengue Fever (people love this band) so here they are again and this time live in Seattle.
Dengue Fever Live at SXSW, 2007
Here”s Dengue Fever performing at the recent SXSW 2007 in Austin, Texas. Hat tip to Jeff
Life Magazine; Rare Retro Cambodia Photos from the 1950s and 1960s
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All these photos are from the amazing Life magazine archive. You find more here Hat Tip