The Big Night Approaches

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.  Well, not always, but maybe this time:Magazine Launch 5th Edition of the Anjali House Creative Writing                                                      Magazine     With the Creative Writing Program’s Founder and...

Phnom Penh

My husband and I have a silly joke: I ask, “What is it about time?”  He answers, “It flies.”  Well, I’ve been looking forward  to retuning to Phnom Penh for two years, and now the trip has come and gone. It’s been action-packed, but...

A New Street Market

Siem Reap is full of markets: The Old Market, The Central Market, Psa Lou Market, the original Night Market plus the batch of new ones that seem to keep cropping up every year. But the first Saturday of every month has a new street market dedicated to all things made...

One of My Favourite Places

In Siem Reap, just a 10 minute walk through the mayhem of traffic and over broken pavement tiles, is one of my favourite places on earth. It’s a monastery called Wat Damnak, an oasis in the middle of Siem Reap chaos. Wat Damnak is home to a school, a dormitory...

Siem Reap Power Outage!

courtesy of rationalpreparednessYesterday, a truck on the way from Battambang to Siem Reap crashed into a power line carrying power from Thailand to much of northern Cambodia, especially Siem Reap. The result? Much of the city is without power. Unless you have a...