Author: Anna

Some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance; others find the aroma overpowering with an unpleasant odour. The smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust, and has been described variously as rotten onions, turpentine, and raw sewage. The persistence of its odour, which may linger for several days, has led…

Got to spend the evening on the river with some Cambodian brothers and sisters from the C&MA church I’ve been attending. This group has been so welcoming. The testimonies I hear from these young people blow me away. Persecution from family who aren’t Christian, the struggle to be a light in a secular dorm, to…

Vicky and I got to do a little recon at the annual science and engineer festival tonight. Part science fair, part career fair, and part environmental education it was an interesting glimpse into emerging technology in Cambodia. We look forward to having a booth and recruiting students next year.

The Vattanac Capital Tower is the tallest building in Cambodia at 188-metre (617 ft).

This is the night whole sale market that sets up shop every night from 5pm to 3am. Our street seems to be specifically designated for salad greens. Needless to say, it gets a bit noisy. At least once a night it sounds like one of the tuktuk trucks crashes into another one, but then I…

Cambodia, officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles) in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.*…

“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we…

Fun fact: the white sand at the beach in Kep is brought in from near by Kampot. Kampot has the sand, but not the beach. Kep has the beach but not the sand.

I saw a sign out the other day, “broken English spoken perfect.” Like anything worth learning, speaking Khmer will take a lot of focus and determination. My few weeks in class have taught me how much I don’t know. My desire to know ALL the words is strong, but then I remember that even my…