Destination: Cambodia

A friendly local

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By crazyblondeabroad | Views [319] | Scholarship Entry

I’ll never forget the day that I tried to have a stranger touch my penis while on holiday. I must say first though, that while I’m not a virgin, I’m not a slut either. Actually, I would consider myself conservative when it comes to sexual exploits, which ... Read more >

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Expressions of Genocide

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By rileysarah | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry

The campus was the color of old storm clouds, a forgotten kind of gray. It was easier to imagine ghosts of schoolchildren lurking in the courtyard’s corners, eying tour groups as they passed by than actual students milling about in between class. Of course, ... Read more >

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One Lok-Lak and I'll never look back.

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By pad-si-ew-and-me | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry

I remember the exact moment that I fell in love with Cambodia. It was in the city of Phnom Penh. Despite devouring countless books and documentaries, nothing could have prepared me for my time there. Walking down Sisowath Quay at night, I would dodge ... Read more >

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Photos: Sen Monorom

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By gina_holley | Photo Gallery

Tags: boarding school, sen monorom, weaving

A Long Road To The Angkor

Thu, 8 May 2014 | By yuvinara | Views [242] | Scholarship Entry

The dawn has not come yet when I woke up in my small room by Chao Praya riverside. The night before I made an improptu decision to go with a friend whom I just met, Pablo, for a road trip to Siem Reap. We left the guesthouse and walked down the aisles ... Read more >

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Third World Happiness

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By chantalrose | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry

We had bumped along a deserted red dust road for hours when the cattle truck we were filed into stopped. The 3 young men who had been driving jumped out of the truck and working tirelessly filed all our hiking packs into canoes. One boy I noticed carried ... Read more >

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Sunsoaked Slums

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By mariahwirihana | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry

There’s something pretty spectacular about a Cambodian sunset. It might be the way that the light illuminates a land that craves it. The people of the city of Phnom Penh are vibrant and diligent. Whether it’s a mop or an Angkor beer in their hand they ... Read more >

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Same Same, But Different

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By raineblunk | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry

Don't be afraid to get lost in Cambodia. You can find things that are "same same," but look out for the moments that feel "different." Down the street from the Old Market, Hotel de la Paix (Siem Reap's most centrally located five star boutique hotel! ... Read more >

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Photos: Koh Ker and Bantaey Serei

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

Photos: Siem Reap and Angkor Complex

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

Photos: Phnom Penh and Udong

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

A discovery journey to the Mekong island

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By travellingcoconut | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry

Before Phnom Penh woke up in the morning, I hopped on the bus. Nervous and excited, I was travelling to a Mekong island for the tourism development project. “Bamboo sticky rice?” a Khmer woman pushed a bundle of bamboo tubes towards the window. Very confidently, ... Read more >

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Photos: Ankor Wat

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By rachbach | Photo Gallery

A solo traveler’s dilemma

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By rachbach | Views [250] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry

I saw he had a Burning Man marriage on Facebook. He had spontaneously married a girl while at Black Rock desert just months after we had danced on tables together in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I remembered when he had drunkenly yelled ‘’I can get any girl I ... Read more >

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The reclaimed temples of the Jungle

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By 123dem | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry

I will never forget the day I laid my eyes on Angkor Wat. Detailing Angkor’s dazzling pools and daunting buttresses of eroding stony walls, the temple itself rests on a sandstone platform- breasting on the surges of land. A horseback rider would not have ... Read more >

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