“Even though Chanrithy was young during the genocide, she never forgot her mission to educate the world. I commend her for this effort.” — Dith Pran, whose life story was portrayed in the Oscar-winning film,The Killing Fields “A gut-wrenching story, told with honesty, restraint, and...
Volunteering was raw, gritty, hard work. It was tiring and it played havoc with my emotions. It wasn’t a walk in the park, but the rewards overshadowed everything – to the point where it became one of the pivotal factors as to why I wanted to travel more: so that I could come a...
When I butt in with my own story about sharing a bag of wok-fried bugs with a young Cambodian on a bus to Siem Reap, his eyes dart back and forth in panic. Apparently he’s just realized there’s someone else in the room. To ease his troubles, I let him interrupt and impress me...
Cambodia’s population, though, is made up of other groups too, and the trial of the two surviving Khmer Rouge leaders currently underway is assessing whether genocide was committed against ethnic Vietnamese and against Cham Muslims. So it’s likely that at some future date — should either o...