Eat Play
Cambodia’s strong snack-game and the funny ways the food is delivered to your door. Continue reading Eat Play
Tag: Peace Corps Cambodia
Braindrain
The loss of the young and/or educated from rural Cambodia is creeping in from all angles. Continue reading Braindrain
The Giving Gourd – Year 1
Thanksgiving the Peace Corps Cambodia way. Continue reading The Giving Gourd – Year 1
Surprise School
You have a re-occurring nightmare in which your hands are dry with chalk, you’re dressed in traditional Khmer clothing, and when you spin around you face a hall of writhing school kids shouting at you in a foreign language. Except this nightmare is your job. Continue reading Surprise School
The U.S. Election As Told in the Village
This week when Donald Trump became the 45th President Elect of the U.S., my interest in the outcome was far from alone here in my rural village of Cambodia. The job description of a Peace Corps Volunteer just became a whole lot more complicated. Continue reading The U.S. Election As Told in the Village
Homestay: The Early Days
Dear Grampa, this will be home for awhile. There is a mountain and sometimes an elephant. Continue reading Homestay: The Early Days
K10 PST: Week 6
The Khmer people have developed a term, “baksbat,” which loosely translates as “broken courage.” Continue reading K10 PST: Week 6
K10 PST: Week 5
The day was an exhibition of ordinary people harming ordinary people – the most quotidian and pure of all nightmares. Continue reading K10 PST: Week 5
vim, vigor, vinegar 