I didn't keep track of what I read but here are some happy memories of 2024... It was super fun to read a fiction book set in the place ...

Sometimes I love reading memoirs etc of Khmer history, but other times I can't stand it when I've reached "horror saturation...

Yesterday I was in Hong Kong in 1995 by way of reading The Space Between Memories, by David Joannes, then hopped over  to America in the 18...

Click here to find out what is happening today in Phnom Penh: Independence Day celebrations in Phnom Penh November 9, 2009. Cambodia celebr...

Here is the gate of the high school that Pol Pot went to, although his family wasn't from Kampong Cham. This school is named after Norod...

We thought it was ironic that our tuk tuk driver's name was Duch. We were going to visit a mass grave museum and the guy taking us ther...

Soeun and the students walked up to the temples, most people hire a moto I think. It took them an hour and a half!

Recently Soeun and some students went to Preah Vihear Province and visited Preah Vihear temple . In July last year UNESCO declared it World ...

On January 7th thirty years ago the Khmer Rouge regime officially ended. It was the end of about 4 years of horror for Cambodia. (I mention...

Yesterday was day 82, and the water was higher than I have ever seen it, so I posted 3 photos on my other blog click here: Day 82 never been...

July 2008: UNESCO awarded a temple in Cambodia World Heritage status. Some Thais were angered as they claim it belongs to their country. Bo...

Two dead in fighting on Cambodian border this article has a summary of the background, so I'll post is here: The background in a nutshe...

In July you may remember hearing about Thai and Khmer troops at the border because of a dispute about land. It seems like this issue has bee...

On Sunday we drove a lady home from church, on the way we went past an old high school and she commented that is where she studied before P...

Alongside language study I have been trying to study Cambodia in general. In the first half of 2008 I read some books about Cambodian histor...

A blog by a Cambodian living in Australia. It's an interesting blog, here is why its written: " people are talking freely and darin...

This morning my language helper read me a story. It was from a school book for kids in year 1. I thought it was going to be a nice happy kid...

Many people had died. The war had being going for 5 years. There wasn’t any hope of winning it. The city was filling up with refugees who es...

Soeun recently went to stay in a village for a few days with some students (college mission). There were heaps of kids with lots of energy ...