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Thirteen Ways of Looking at Phnom Penh
Note: The literary nerds among you will recognize this as a rip-off play on Wallace Steven’s “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” 1. Lisa, American, 1.5 years: “You get a lot of big egos, people...
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Too Legit: The Insanely Easy Process of Getting My One-Year Visa in Cambodia
So, yesterday I got this: I walked back down to the travel agency, one of the 800 that line the riverside, where I’d dropped my passport off two days earlier. I handed the man the $288 fee, grinning...
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Going To The Bathroom Abroad: The Butt Hose Edition
This is my bathroom. As you can see, it’s nothing special (aside from how clean it is). It’s actually nicer than my last bathroom back in the States, with its black mold and peeling linoleum. Because...
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Being An Asshole Abroad
I am one. Not all the time. Not most of the time or even some of the time. But on ever so rare occasions (at least I like to think), I have been known to snap. I’d like to water it down, cushion the...
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The World’s Most Amazing T-Shirt!
About a year ago I blogged about the utterly unironic English language t-shirts in Cambodia—nonsensical phrases, constant-clutterfuck non-words, uncouth slang beside hearts and smiley faces. Well down...
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Glitter and Consumerism in KL
Let’s just say that my mind is blown. Back in November, when I landed in Phnom Penh, there was a sale on Air Asia. I looked into my crystal ball and determined that come April—Cambodia’s hottest month...
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Take Me Home, On a Malaysian Highway
This is what this song with forever be: the Malaysian countryside, flat and scrappy through the window of a bus. Me crying. Sometimes songs get wedged in you; sometimes you know it when it’s happening,...
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A City Kid At Sea
The damp Ramones t-shirt stuck to my skin with a mix of sun block, sweat and salt water that felt about as adhesive as wet cement. The noon sun beat down as I squinted, digging my oar into the crystal...
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Decision to Leave Cambodia, Part I: Chinks In The Plan
Yeah, you read that right. It started a month ago, when I got back from Malaysia. You might have noticed that posts took a detour to Bummersville. It was my first time out of Cambodia since I got here...
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Bumrungrad, 8th Wonder of the World
Look closely—that security guard is SMILINGI’ve got a new travel activity to recommend to all Americans: getting a friggin medical check-up at friggin Bumrungrad. Okay, so maybe not all Americans, just...
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