With a name like that it was hard to ignore. The Sanctuary of Truth. I know, it sounds like a mystical place in a fantasy movie where the hero must go to confront his/her fears and misconceptions about the very…
Where’s the key?
One hot afternoon (ha ha, there all hot) we were getting a little antsy in Otres Village, Cambodia so we decided to rent a motorbike from our amiable hotel host and take a ride into Sihanoukville, which is the bustling…
Bubble Butt
I can’t get this song out of my head… A while back, in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, Fern and I went for a walk down the street in our quiet neighborhood and stopped in a pharmacy to look for some ibuprofen.…
An unexpected pit stop in Thailand (part 2)
Once Fern was admitted to the hospital we had a lot of things to think about and not very much solid information. The surgeon initially wanted to do a biopsy of the mass, which would be a fairly invasive procedure…
An unexpected pit stop in Thailand (part 1)
Thailand had been in the back of my mind for a long time as somewhere to explore. The food, the warmth of the people, the combination of old and new, the landscape. Fern and I both felt a certain excitement…
Southern Cambodian Coast
Central Cambodia has a lot to see and experience but we also wanted to see other parts of the country so we headed south toward the coast and eventually landed in a strange little place called Otres Village. It’s largely…
Adventures in Cambodian food
Our dining experiences in Cambodia were all over the place. Some great, some not so great, and some that were just entertaining. It was an adventure, that’s for sure. I used to think that because Cambodia was sandwiched between the…