Stories about War & Conflict in Mekong River
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.
Destinations:
Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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Visiting A Land Mines MuseumMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] Khom acted as our well informed tour guide at a land mines museum in Siem Reap.
Destinations:
Kbal Spean |
Battambang |
Bokor |
Poutang |
Thun Mong |
Angkor |
Siem Reap |
Kompong Thom |
Poipet |
Phnom Penh |
Sihanouk Ville |
Kratie |
Cambodia |
Koh Kong |
Preah Seihanu |
Tonle Sap |
Stoeng Treng |
Pailin |
Bot Sala |
Lancang-Mekong River
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Re-visiting war grounds carries on brotherhood legacyDavid Calleja - davidcalleja [1,448] A former soldier of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) speaks of his war experience and re-integration to visitors intrigued by Vietnam's past.
Destinations:
Malaysia |
Shan State |
Vietnam |
Korea, S |
Mekong River |
Cambodia |
China |
Laos |
Thailand |
Philippines
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A Communist Leader Hat TrickMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] An athlete who scores three goals in a game is said to have achieved a hat trick. In Laos I visited my third Communist Leader memorial. My hat trick accomplishment was a rather surreal experience.
Destinations:
Vientiane |
Laos
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The dogs of SanglaburiJohn McMahon - dictater2 [261] When a motor cycle plows into a dog on a dark road in the mountians of thailand I find myself cared for by a women I cant communicate with.
Destinations:
Malaysia |
United Arab Emirates |
Burma |
Mekong River |
Cambodia |
Laos |
Thailand |
Japan
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A Ticket to Hope - CambodiaLee Alvin - oldyonfoldy [801] A returned visit to the capital city of the "Wild wild east" of South East Asia led me to discover new hope for Cambodia's future through her warm and remarkable young people. Its a city bravely...
Destinations:
Phnom Penh |
Cambodia |
Angkor
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The Giant and the Pissant: A Fairy TaleKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Review of Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History, Penguin Books, 1997.
Destinations:
Ho Chi Minh City |
Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Viet Nam Then and Now: A Veteran ReturnsMichael Burr - mbphotog [159] Then: September 25, 1969. The long flight from California with refueling stops in Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines is now descending into Tan Son Nhut airport, Saigon, Republic of Viet Nam. I peer out...
Destinations:
Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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Colonel CassandraKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Review of the biography of Edward Lansdale, model of The Ugly American and The Quiet American.
Destinations:
Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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Down The Mekong with No PaddleJoshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,407] California John and I had bummed around Bangkok for a few days before realizing the city was a bad place for men trying to stay faithful to women back home. We decided to hop a sleeper bus into...
Destinations:
Laos |
Luang Prabang
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