VIETNAM | Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 | Views [30]
The white view outside the window offers no visual clue to
where I am as I rub the sleep from my eyes. The screeching of tires on tarmac
alerts me to the fact that I am on the ground. Beneath the layer of white, I
can make out the emerald green of ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 9 Apr 2008 | Views [79]
I jump into the back of the red truck. A young, shoeless boy sits huddled in a corner. I great him, he stares, then mumbles his greeting before directing his attention to some cards in his hands. He places the cards on the bench seat, slapping the ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [93]
I
round the corner while popping a hot coconut milk ball (khnom krok) into
my mouth. The sidewalk is empty, the market to my left gated and silent. There is still one shop, gates thrown
wide open, light spilling onto the ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 2 Apr 2008 | Views [76]
I have been in Thailand well over a year now. As I
face the end of my ESL teaching career, and a transition from someone who lives
here to just another tourist (marked by the new stamp in my passport I have to
get next week), I have decided to ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 30 Dec 2007 | Views [5]
Thank you for supporting The PEPY Ride! With support from donors like YOU, in the past year PEPY has been able to: establish Eco-Clubs in 9 rural Cambodian schools expand the English program at the PEPY Ride School to include 4 th grade ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007 | Views [138]
To begin my exploration of Phnom Penh I continued down the waterfront.
I stepped out of my hotel, and was surprised to see that the giant garbage
piles had been removed from the sidewalks. I was to find that garbage free
sidewalks never lasted ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Sunday, 16 Dec 2007 | Views [74]
I weaved amongst the vendors selling live fish, frogs, eels,
turtles and dead chickens, socks, children’s clothes, and monks accepting alms.
The market by my house is one of my favorite places, especially at 5 a.m. There
is something about the ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Saturday, 15 Dec 2007 | Views [233] | Comments [2]
Yep, that’s right. Contrary to what you may believe, but I
have the hospital records to prove it. My favorite part of my three days in the
hospital, all the food my friends brought me (I ate NO hospital food!). My
least favorite part: people poking ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Monday, 3 Dec 2007 | Views [177] | Comments [1]
The scratchy, throbbing feeling in my throat woke me at 5
am. Of course the day that I was to travel to the tallest point of Thailand
would also be the day that my student’s sniffling would finally catch up with
me. My room was freezing, ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Sunday, 2 Dec 2007 | Views [151] | Comments [1]
An enormous thank-you to those of you who have donated to PEPY!!!!! Karla Jarrett & Val Beth Grandma & Grandpa Claudia Liz & Takafumi Linda & Steve Lynn Korey
Seriously, I can’t thank you all enough. http:... Read more >
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