“Rediscovering The Khmers” by Antonio Graceffo: A Review
For anybody going to Cambodia seeking real adventure with real people, you do not need a guidebook; you need Rediscovering the Khmers.
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Teaching and Learning with the Shan in Loi Tailang
In Thailand’s north-western town of Mae Hong Son, I am waiting in a safehouse to be transported to a camp for teaching English to ethnic minority Shan people in Burma, on the Thai-Burma border. Soon, I will be crossing illegally into an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Loi Tailang.
Read MoreLearning How to Be a Partner In Compassion
It is June 20, 2008 and I am seated next to a former military officer and combat veteran on board a bus from Saigon, Vietnam heading for Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I am fielding a question regarding how many times I had visited Cambodia before. “This is my first visit,” I reply in a tone awaiting a lecture on life. “Son,” he said, “You are an infant, yet to find your place in this part of the world.” Fast forward four months.
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