Koki Thom Village, Keal Sway District, Kandal Province…

Traffic is heavy as Vathana & I make our way across Monivong Bridge and the Tonle (river) Bassac to Highway 1 South to his village.  Koki Thom is about 45 kms away…more than an hour on his little moto with me and my kayak.  The road is good…paved just 3 years ago, but not improved [...]

CAMBODIA…aka KAMPUCHEA

Below are indistinct gray clouds with the sun quietly rising through them, smearing this vague sky with a a dull orange.  I am awake now on the plane, it is morning, and I am too tired to have much feeling beyond simple awareness.  Cantonese (or maybe Mandarin) comes over the speakers on this flight from Taiwan to [...]