Monthly Archives: January 2015
rough and ready on Cambodia’s roads
One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books is The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Each time Batholomew removes his hat, another appears in its place, eventually becoming bigger, fancier, Dr. Seuss-ier, culminating in the befeathered, bejeweled five-hundredth hat. At least, that’s how I remember it, I haven’t actually read it in, oh, a long time. […]
travel eats: Cambodia
Traveling involves constantly dealing with three key logistics: where to stay, how to get there, what to eat. Eating healthy on the road can be challenging for any number of reasons. I try to maintain some sort of teetering balance by eating fresh fruits and veggies when I can, but even that’s a challenge, also […]
Battambang bat cave
There are caves near Battambang at Phnom Sampeau that are famous for two things. The first is that they are one of the Khmer Rouge killing sites. On a less sad, less grisly note, one cave is currently home to what must be millions of bats, who venture out every evening en masse in search […]
monkey business at Angkor
I found a troop of monkeys just inside the north gate of Angkor Thom, and pulled my rental bicycle over to the side of the road to watch them. A big monkey was scooping out a coconut, three youngsters were tumbling around, and a few others were just hanging out. While my back was turned, […]
fuel your vehicle with the divine power of the naga
Legend says that the Khmer people are descended from the union of a mortal and a Naga princess, the Naga being an ancient reptilian race. Images of the naga as a multi-headed, hooded serpent are everywhere in Cambodia. So far I’ve only seen ones that have an odd number of heads, but apparently those with […]
Cheese Skipping 
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