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Gallery: Hanoi

VIETNAM | Sunday, 27 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: around Krabi

THAILAND | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery

Hanoi

VIETNAM | Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 | Views [891]

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 >

Card Games

THAILAND | Wednesday, 9 Apr 2008 | Views [770]

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 >

late night treats

THAILAND | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [742]

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 >

Chiang Mai Moments

THAILAND | Wednesday, 2 Apr 2008 | Views [664]

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 >

Gallery: Pun Pun

THAILAND | Sunday, 2 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kep

CAMBODIA | Monday, 7 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kampot

CAMBODIA | Monday, 7 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Phnom Penh

CAMBODIA | Monday, 7 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery

Thanks Again!

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 30 Dec 2007 | Views [691]

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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Gallery: Tonle Sap Floating Villages

CAMBODIA | Friday, 28 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Ta Prohm

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 27 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Bayon

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 27 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Angkor Wat

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 27 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Pepy School- Chanleas Dai

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 26 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Siem Reap

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 25 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Beng Meala

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 25 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery

Markets, Monkeys, and Mean People

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007 | Views [911]

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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No Reindeer in This Sleigh

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 16 Dec 2007 | Views [963]

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 >

Tags: On the Road