Upon entering Cambodia we reflected on the 1980 song ‘Holiday in Cambodia’, released just after the murderous regime of the Khmer Rouge crumbled it was a concise lash out at the whining comfortable middle classes. Instead of complaining about trivial problems that aren’t really problems at all, the song so elegantly said: what you need, […]
Yesterday was yesterday; gone, faded into the vague crossover of night and never to glimpse daylight again. But some days don’t surrender meekly, resign to be remembered as a watermarked number in a small square along with the 364 others. Yesterday the dividing line of a calendar day was bridged by stubborn thoughts; we saw […]
Back to school, the words that every kid hates to hear but it’s back to school for us today at S-21 in Phnom Penh. It’s not strictly a school any more; education facility is a more apt description as rust streaks stain the bare concrete facades of the three storey school blocks of functional architecture […]
So starkly sits Siem Reap, this comfortable, clean modern town nestled in beside one of the worlds great archaeological sites: the great city of Angkor. Sipping delicious coffee in a chic cafe the world of Siem Reap whizzes by in the early hours before our bus to Phnom Penh and into another layer of the […]
The temples of Angkor Wat and around were so photogenic that there is no way we could put all of the good pictures in the couple of posts we did. So here is the best twenty. Enjoy. Statues and vistas: People: Grand temples, fine detail: Temples overgrown: […]
Back again like moths to a flame; we were whisked away yesterday by the imaginings of a vivid and lively Angkor Wat from times gone by on the whispers of thousands of ghosts that used to call this place their home. This morning there are no whispers, no crazy declarations from King Jayavarman about being […]
I’m king of the world. This time I’m not drunk and I haven’t eaten a bad mushroom, I really am king of the world, the whole world. I stand with my bare feet connected to the smooth stone polished by a ages of footfalls as the morning light creeps ever slowly toward me through vaulted […]
The face is too cheery for the words that just came out of his mouth. On the other side of a desk that feels more like a school table we’re informed that if we buy our visa at the border we might not make the bus. What he’s saying with inappropriate glee is that if […]
Thailand. Close your eyes a minute and what do you see? Cheap beers, bars, beaches, ladyboys, nightlife? Many do and many are so wrong. Like judging a book by its cover, the pages have revealed so much more; Thailand deserves a second look; a proper look. This is what we saw in the short time […]
Charlie and Steve's Excellent Adventure 