Stories about Culture in Cambodia
Cambodian silk industry on its last threadsAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] Cambodia's silk industry in trying to save its precious silkworms and keep centuries-old traditions alive...
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Phnom Penh
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Book Review: The Map of Lost Memories by Kim FayCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Kim Fay's The Map of Lost Memories takes its characters and its readers into a forbidden world of political intrigue and treachery, on a death-defying mission of ecumenical proportions.
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Vietnam |
Cambodia |
China
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Walking with Hitchcock in KampotDianne Sharma-Winter - dibundyontour [808] Kampot is slightly kooky, a painting tilted in the frams but a town tinted so exquisitely that you ignore the incessant chatter of sexed up swallows.
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Cambodia
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Outlaw Religion and Money, But Let's Keep the Solid Gold Buddha Statuespeter barnes - pdbarnes [375] My favorite part of the Royal Palace is the Jade Pagoda (aka Silver Pagoda). It stuns you with incredible riches. It also poses some questions about the power of wealth, radical rhetoric, greed and good manners.
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Cambodia
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Distant Relatives in Flesh and Stonepeter barnes - pdbarnes [375] The National Museum seemed like a good place to get our cultural bearings. And it was, meaning it was the first in a long line of the unexpected in Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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Courteous Chaos on the Streetspeter barnes - pdbarnes [375] Cambodia is changing fast. The genteel disregard for traffic rules may not last long. For the moment it is an image of a nation getting things done with insufficient horsepower.
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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Looney Planet travel guidesJack VanNoord - jackvannoord [678] At first, it was subtle. But the more I read, the more I saw a pattern emerge.
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Cambodia |
Thailand
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Tales from a Cambodian TrainElizabeth Briel - ebriel [955] The art deco station was filled with people. Cambodia was nearing the end of its Pchum Ben festival, so the station was filled with holidaymakers going back to their hometowns...
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Cambodia
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The Completely Naked Ladypeter barnes - pdbarnes [375] Is it unusual for a woman to be nude in public before dawn? Wait - is that a woman or not? What an interesting place Phnom Penh is!
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Phnom Penh
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Book review: Warrior Odyssey - Antonio GraceffoDavid Calleja - davidcalleja [1,448] Have you ever wondered what it would be like to set off on a quest around Asia, researching and discovering lesser-known and rare martial arts along the way? Read about the experiences of Antonio Graceffo in his latest book, Warrior Odyssey.
Destinations:
Burma |
Indochina |
Vietnam |
Hong Kong |
Korea, S |
Taiwan |
China |
Cambodia |
Laos |
Thailand |
Philippines
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