The last couple of months have produced some particularly stupid, self-contradictory, silly and even vile comments in and about Cambodia fro...

Sam Rainsy walks on water. The local Cambodian press reports nothing about it. The next day Hun Sen walks on water. The local English-langua...

(* or: 'An Irishman walks into a bar...' ) A Japanese company comes to Cambodia to build a road. They do a professional job,...

Saw this (serious) story ( The Curious Case of the Monkey in the Underpants ) about some guy traveling with a monkey in his underwear and it...

Found in my travels around Cambodia over the last few months: From a menu at a crab shack in the Kep Crab Market. When I saw it on the me...

The Credo 1. I shall eschew the ways of the tourist and have an authentic Asian experience rather than a shallow, contrived, package holid...

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The Angelina Jolie Tree (ugh!) Farang - 'Farang' is not a word general to Southeast Asia. It is a Thai word. Southeast Asia cont...

Touristus Touristus The Fat Bottomed Watcherbird , a.k.a. the Tourist: ( Touristus Touristus ) A plump, colorful, non-intrusive species kn...