It was 35ºC in Phnom Penh today. After 3 months of blessedly cool, dry weather, the season is changing. Temperatures are beginning to rise....

Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh

Urn Jostling at Wat Phnom It's lunar New Year today, commonly known as 'Chinese New Year' here in Cambodia - 'Tet' in...

In my subjective and casual observation of some Cham Muslim communities in southern Cambodia, over the past decade the number of Cham women ...

Fire juggler, Ochheuteal Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Two days ago rumors flew that the Cambodian government had blocked all blogspot websites, presumably to prevent access to the controversial ...

If you are reading this you are probably not in Cambodia. In a huge step backwards, it appears that the Cambodian government has requested...

Koh Pos Island in foreground, from north end of Hawaii Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Three months ago I reported on the state of the roads south from Phnom Penh to Kampot and Kep, recommending at the time taking an alternati...

The near end of Otres Beach, last week Otres has long been my favorite Sihanoukville beach. Twin sister of Ochheuteal Beach (the next bea...

Bulldozer works on Serendipity Beach Road Development has once again reared its intrusive head in Sihanoukville, this time on Serendipity...

Kampong Bay River, Kampot town, sunset, January 1, 2011

It’s the first New Year of the year. Two more to come. And it’s harvest time in Cambodia. The monsoons ended a month or so ago. It’s ...

US Embassy, Phnom Penh, Christmas Eve It was many Christmases ago, one of our earliest living in Cambodia and our Khmer maid's first...

Christmas Eve 2010, 3:55AM. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cyclo at night, disturbed (by me.)

Bangkok. Out of the hospital with a clean bill and no required follow-ups. Not quite what I was but a helluva lot better than I could have b...

Nana Station, Sukhumvit Soi 7, Bangkok, Thailand

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

My favorite apsaras at Angkor Wat. Of the thousands of devatas and apsaras adorning the walls of Angkor Wat, these two are, in my opinion...

North Kleang I'm reworking my map of Angkor Thom and spent the whole day in the central Angkor Thom area, mostly in the Royal Palace ...

Antique floor tiles of a French colonial-era building on Post Office Square in Phnom Penh, at the Golden Mermaid restaurant. Note the deep...

Recently I have had the unfortunate opportunity to survey some of the local medical facilities. Personal health issues have sent me to the h...