Rural Cambodia
Battambang, though the second city of Cambodia, is like a French provincial town with Asian overtones. The neighbourhoods are still rural with houses in the very traditional style. The temples are almost unvisited – possibly with reason given that the little red sign on the left of the very long staircase to this one […]
The Churning of the Sea of Milk
You do get to judge the general cost of living in a country based on its currency. $100 just bought me nearly half a million Cambodian riels. When you consider that the smallest note I received was newly printed and worth about 12cents, you do begin to get the picture. What on earth were these guys […]