I get this, often. Writing was more of a priority when I was virtually unemployed in Cambodia with no responsibility whatsoever rather than holding down a full time job that I enjoy and being a somewhat responsible parent. Circumstances have changed a little. Like anyone who writes, I’ve got a whole lot more unpublished old… Continue reading I like your old stuff better than your new stuff.
Category: Cambodia
The hand painted signs of Cambodia
A Flickr group for Cambodia’s hand-painted sign folk art that I started a few years ago just had its 200th sign added to it. Here they are. If you’ve got any packed away in your archives and you’re a Flickr user, feel free to add them to the pool.
Leaving Cambodia
I wrote this four years ago and have had it sitting in my draft pile ever since. I never released it immediately because it seemed like an episode from a past life once I was back in Australia, off the road and back on the corporate ladder. I’ve returned and left Cambodia again since writing… Continue reading Leaving Cambodia
On the lack of food blog coherence
Grapes, apropos of nothing Sorry I’ve been a bit light on providing content over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy elsewhere, in a frenzy that sounds lke it comes straight from the kitchen of a Wes Anderson film. At SBS, I’ve been writing on those interlinked topics of mince and chicken tikka lasagne from… Continue reading On the lack of food blog coherence
And they ask me why I go back.
It is because I can see this. Sunset over the museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Although I still haven’t finished writing about Hong Kong, I’m actually back in Cambodia and have taken Phnomenon out of retirement. It’s just like wearing an old, fermented fish-smelling sneaker of which I could never dispose. It is damn good to… Continue reading And they ask me why I go back.
Update: How to get from Kep to Phu Quoc in a day
Sunset at Kep Reader Paul mentions that the ferry from Ha Tien to Phu Quoc is now running, with confirmation from Phearak. Getting between two of Indochina’s laziest beach destinations has just become all the more lazier. The route can now be organised through Sok Lim Tours and is cheaper than the way that I… Continue reading Update: How to get from Kep to Phu Quoc in a day
Cambodian food reviewing: You’re doing it right.
It turns out that with only three months left in 2008, Cambodian is not the new Thai. But what has changed over the year is the tone of reviewing. Reviewers are starting to understand how to eat Cambodian food. This week the NY Times revisits two Cambodian restaurants in New York. The results are mixed,… Continue reading Cambodian food reviewing: You’re doing it right.
Maintaining the spider rage
Ten miles out of town, my guide pulls up at a little shack on a winding roadside. This is real boondocks Cambodia. Little kids are staring at me like they’ve never seen a white man before, which they probably haven’t. From “Man bites frog” I miss the days when I used to rant about the… Continue reading Maintaining the spider rage