Life with Hilary Flockhart
I know that I am a foreigner living and working in Cambodia but I don’t like being labelled as a tourist or being placed in the same group as the “elephant-pant-wearing-travellers”. However, in Siem Reap there are certain tourist activities that you have to do and one of them is to visit Angkor Wat Archaeological Park. Continue reading “How many Wats in Angkor Wat?”
On my travels I have been lucky enough to end up in places when they are having their big annual celebrations; October 2017 in Kolkata for Durga Puja, December 2017 in Sydney for New Year’s Eve and now April 2018 in Battambang for Khmer New Year. Continue reading “Khmer New Year”
I have travelled to the coast of Cambodia in Sihanoukville province for a short Easter break and have come face to face with the very ugly side of development which is taking place in this region. Sihanoukville and the coast running down to Kampot and Kep are tourist magnets because of the pine-fringed, silver strands – the warm, turquoise waters of the Gulf of Thailand offer wonderful snorkelling and fishing over stunning coral reefs. There are 155 species of bird listed for Ream National Park. It is paradise for anyone with an interest in nature. Continue reading “Losing Paradise”
Adrian’s a HeroRAT, the nickname for the African giant pouched rat being used by APOPO to help clear minefields in Cambodia of anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines and unexploded ordinance, the dangerous detritus of Cambodia’s troubled past. Continue reading “Meet Adrian”