Category Archives: Cambodia 2007

A Picture Guide of Cambodia and Thailand

Posted on 14 June 2007, Thursday by

So in addition to changing my header to something suitably thai, I finally uploaded all of my pictures from Cambodia, plus the pictures I’ve taken here in Thailand. Here’s a guide a la the wonderful concept of tags: Cambodia (all … Continue reading →

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Done.

Posted on 8 June 2007, Friday by

I hate written exams. I don’t have the attention span to sit for three hours and pull four essays out of my ass, especially after the electricity goes out and I’m doing this in the heat of the day. Blahhh. … Continue reading →

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Travel Plans and Genocide

Posted on 6 June 2007, Wednesday by

(A rather long entry) I’m not even back in the states yet and I’m already frustrated with how difficult and expensive it is to get from point A to point B. Planning a trip up from Washington DC to Maine … Continue reading →

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Monks on street corners

Posted on 24 May 2007, Thursday by

Four months ago I never would have thought I’d be standing on a street corner in Siem Reap, Cambodia having a conversation with a Theravada Buddhist monk not much older than I am. Today I treated it as ordinary until … Continue reading →

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Western Sleep

Posted on 24 May 2007, Thursday by

I have not gotten a full nights sleep since I came to Siem Reap. This is due mainly to the fact that my sleep schedule is out of sync with the locals. I generally fall asleep anywhere between 11 and … Continue reading →

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Downfalls of Money and Language

Posted on 20 May 2007, Sunday by

I have been here in Siem Reap for a week and I have identified the following as what will be my monetary downfalls here in Cambodia: 1.) The blue pumpkin. It is still cheap compared to the US, has wireless, … Continue reading →

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Angkor

Posted on 19 May 2007, Saturday by

I think that the one thing I have hated the most about Southeast Asia is the constant state of sweating. This isn’t just me being gross, everyone but the locals sweat here. It’s worse when I wear sunscreen / bugscreen … Continue reading →

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Settling In

Posted on 16 May 2007, Wednesday by

I am sitting in the blue pumpkin, which quite possibly might become my favorite foreigner-coffee-shop-hang out. I’ve already been here twice today. They have good chai and as I have gone several months without chai I am making up for … Continue reading →

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Siem Reap, First Impressions

Posted on 14 May 2007, Monday by

I am presently sitting in an Irish bar (it doesn’t really deserve the term “pub”) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This bar is down the road from my hotel (to get to my hotel you need to pass the brothel and … Continue reading →

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Dear Humanity: Can We Not. Please?

Posted on 18 April 2007, Wednesday by

So today has been an interesting day. And by interesting I mean increasingly depressing. It started off early – midnight my time – with the news of the Virginia Tech Shootings. It was only 20 reported dead at that time. … Continue reading →

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