“Do you have any tomato sauce?” was the beginning of another confusing conversation. My friend had moved into the same building as me. As ...

There were many surprises when I moved from China back to Australia. As I started interacting with Australians again I realized I’d taken on...

Last Sunday Kimsoeun came home red! He was at the beach helping with a baptism and got sunburnt. He spent a year in the sun on a fishing boa...

Salt tastes salty. Sugar tastes sweet. Chili tastes hot/spicy. MSG tastes.........? English students asked me this question when we were mak...

Brunch at epicarts.org.uk. As well as cafe food they also sell Kampot pepper, cards made by disabled people, Epic arts t-shirts and more. We...

Kampot is known for its old french buildings, you can see some here. YOu might also notice that the streets are line with Cambodian flags to...

As I may have mentioned this hot season is extra hot and extra long. So we have been feeling tired and stressed etc. In an attempt to feel b...

I heard about Kampot being famous for producing pepper, but it wasn't until we visited I learnt it is also known for the big spiky fruit...

On the way home we suddenly started hearing a funny noise. We pulled over and found out why. See photo. Neither of us has ever changed a tyr...

The other night we were talking idols and images of gods. I brought up the "classic Jesus" picture as an example of a picture of t...

"Diarrhea!" That was the first thing one of the students said to me when they got to school the other morning, I didn't even g...

At 7am I was sweating already,and it turned out to be such a long hot day. This is me in the fruit procession, that's the first big thin...

Huge temporary outdoor kitchen... As well as coconuts, can you see what else is in the tree? ...huge speakers and colourful tent set up near...

I'm beginning an occasional series on this blog called "Surprise!". Actually the first one is back here: http://khmerkronicle....