Part I: In 2009 I traveled to Cambodia again for my clinical training project with the Cambodian mental health organization, TPO. I traveled alone, having long before gotten the hang of moving through southeast Asia successfully without knowing anything more than how to say hello and thank-you in three languages. After this upcoming stay of … More The blood beneath the yoga mat: Ecolodge #2
During the 5 years I spent traveling back and forth to Cambodia for work I also had several vacations in Vietnam and a dozen weekend stopovers in Bangkok, I noticed the importance of luck and gambling in the region. I learned that both Vietnam and China have long placed restrictions on their population’s ability to … More Luck meets Karma in SE Asia: An intro with four sixty second stories
Feb. 19, 2017 From 2005-2010 I worked on a training project that sent me to the capitol of Cambodia over a dozen times for a week or two at a stretch. Phnom Penh traffic is pretty heavy, with a rich mix of cars, tuk-tuks, cyclos, motos, and bicycles. Until recently, there were few stop signs … More Gentle Chaos–Biking Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Other states, other lives, other souls 