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Fri, 26 Sep 2014 | By connectlocally | Views [5430]
The bowl is steaming hot. I deeply inhale the lemongrass and galangal and immediately start salivating.
And as soon as I put a spoonful in my mouth, my tastebuds "rush into a frenzy" - the original Malay meaning of the word "amok".
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Tags: amok, cambodia, cooking, cooking class, cooking class, fish, hotel, recipe, siem reap, travel
Wed, 27 Jun 2012 | By sglass | Views [2980] | Comments [3]
Phnom Penh is a welcome contrast from Ho Chi Minh City. The pace is much slower, the people are a little friendlier, and surprisingly, everyone is much more used to foreigners. English is spoken everywhere here and unbeknownst to us the other "official"... Read more >
Tags: cambodia, phnom penh
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 | By fimc | Views [2077] | Comments [3]
See the gallery New House for photos from this post. Cambodia's adeptness at flexibility is nowhere more evident than on the roads. Actually I've been thinking the the roads here are a metaphor for the way that Cambodians live life: don't ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [1832]
Hi All, When we booked our bus ticket to kratie it include tuk tuk pick up from our guest house to the appropriate bus station but as time ticked on and the time for pick up came and went it become apparent that no one was going to show so we had to ... Read more >
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 | By andyandsam | Views [1140]
We knew very little of Cambodia, our decision to go was based solely on the want to visit Angkor, a site in the North West of the country, which used to be the centre of power for the Khmer Empire between the 11 th and 15 th century AD. We had ... Read more >
Tags: People
Fri, 20 May 2011 | By jobowman | Views [608] | Comments [1]
Welcome to the real world- welcome to Cambodia. I remember myself as a child never thinking we had quite enough-someone always had a little bit more. What is more ? What was more back then? A prettier dress? A Malvern star bike? A cassette player ... Read more >
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 | By me | Views [527]
I was given the pleasure of joining the Grade 1 and 2 students in their fieldtrip to Soun Tek Sorn Te Pheap (Peace Water Park) just outside the city of Phnom Penh. This was a real treat for the kids, who have all worked so hard this year at schol, ... Read more >
Tags: fun, my brilliant class
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 | By aoife_duffy | Views [511]
the first project is now finished! it took us two days extra than planned. it went brilliantly and the kids loved the sports. they were huge fans of tug-of-war, rounders and skittles - all new games for them. Each day there were less and less kids ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Sep 2011 | By lesleyandjan | Views [417]
For some light relief this week I will list some menu items where maybe the English is not quite right! As we mentioned before Cambodians pretty much eat anything and everything. Here are some specials: Squid pregnancy deep fried - for the seafood ... Read more >
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [342] | Scholarship Entry
It’s hard to resist the comfort of wheels. We’d moved from temple to temple for three days, companionable drivers shadowing our steps, but it was a release to tread the humid roads alone for a while as the red dust bronzed our skin. Preah Neak Poan was ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [214] | Comments [1]
We were woke up in the morning by the new tour guide screaming 'wake up 6am , wake up call' and banging on the door louder than jack Nicholson in the shining. we checked the time and it was actually 5.55. I think the following went something ... Read more >
Tue, 5 May 2015 | By | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
There had been a storm last night, small sections of green coral reminded me, as they floated past my face. It's not usually advisable to swim in the ocean after a storm, a lot of pollution gets washed in and you can really get quite sick. Lucky for ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
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