Category: Cambodia

  • 3/24/17 – Finals

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    My first five weeks of language school are completed. I had my first assessment on Friday, I passed, and now I begin level 2. Here we are having a bit of review before the big final. I am still surprised at how much I’ve learned in a short amount of time. Still have a long…

  • 3/19/17 – Euphorbia milii

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    I bought this from school when they were making more room in the parking lot. It’s the ideal house plant for me, as sources say it, “thrives on neglect.” It had no flowers when I brought it home, but it is thriving now on my porch. Colloquially known as “Christ Thorn” plant, I like the…

  • 3/18/17 – Barista

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    Yesterday I went to an American coffee shop. Today I went to a Cambodian. This lady was turning out drinks as fast as any espresso wizard back home. I’m very thankful that a love of coffee is something both of our cultures shares.

  • 3/16/17 – Phsa Toammeda

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    Literally translated as the “usual market”, each neighborhood in the city has one of these. The sell everything from soap, to moto parts, to fresh meat, all for a “special price for you.”

  • 3/15/17 – Mo-an

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    This is one of the tamer pictures I took at the market this weekend.

  • 3/14/17 – Weird

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    I could do a series of photos just on the odd make-shift vehicles I’ve seen around town. Here’s just a small sample.

  • 3/13/17 – Fish

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    Dried fish can be found everywhere. Even hanging outside the window of the Italian restaurant as you enjoy your pizza. (no mayo)

  • 3/12/17 – Bicycles

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    The temperature is rising, language is getting harder, and life gets busier. I’ve been finding photo taking to be harder. Here’s some fun shots I’ve found around the city.

  • 3/11/17 – Before

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    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…

  • 3/10/17 – Love Again

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    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…