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It’s not easy to find a satisfactory, circular, morning walk in Siem Reap. I don’t like linear walks and I imagine this stems from my walking habits in the UK, where planning a circular walk is half the fun.

Continue reading “My morning walk – Cambodian sounds and sights”

One morning this week, I was awoken at 5.30 am by the chanting of monks nearby which announced to the community that a death had occurred. Continue reading “We’re all gonna die”

A startling statement on the Lonely Planet website says that “many more people are now killed in road traffic accidents than by landmines in Cambodia”. This is due to two effects, one the continuing successful clearance of mined areas and two, the increase in the number of motorbikes and cars in the country. Continue reading “The road to hell and other places”

As I enter the last two months of my year away and contemplate a return to the West, I have started to give thanks. That sounds banal but I think that on the whole westerners don’t realise how lucky they are. Continue reading “Thanksgiving is now”