Jan 5th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Mountain bikers can reclaim wilderness that once belonged to illegal loggers and poachers. Hidden in the foothills of Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains, the village of Chi Pat is now home to a mountain biking experience that is unparalleled in trail and impact. This new program is the result of cooperation among Wildlife Alliance (formerly known as Wild Aid), Asia Adventures (a Cambodia-based ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Ecotourism comes to Cambodia
Jan 5th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Mountain bikers can reclaim wilderness that once belonged to illegal loggers and poachers. Hidden in the foothills of Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains, the village of Chi Pat is now home to a mountain biking experience that is unparalleled in trail and impact. This new program is the result of cooperation among Wildlife Alliance (formerly known as Wild Aid), Asia Adventures (a Cambodia-based ...The land of badly behaving Buddhists
Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:00PM: Cambodia's dictator for life prime minister, Hun Sen, recently appealed to the country's Buddhist clergy, telling them to clean up their act. The PM told a convention of top religious leaders that the actions and poor judgment of individual monks has given the whole religion a black eye. He cited several situations including monks accepting roles as dancers in a music video and an abbot using ...Invasion of the Bag Snatchers in Phnom Penh
Sep 20th, 2008 at 12:00PM: If you've been to a backpacker ghetto anywhere in the world, you've seen them. For fear of having their belongings snatched, they guard their bags carefully. Perhaps wearing their rucksacks in the front and wrapping an arm around it for extra security. That might seem like overdoing it. After all, who is going to rob a backpack with a bunch of smelly clothes and out of date edition of Lonely ...The Slowest Train in The World
Jul 5th, 2008 at 3:30PM: Cambodia has only one passenger train that still runs, and I'm on it right now. Calling it a passenger train is a bit of a misnomer, though. Most of the few seats still attached to the floor are piled high with exotic fruits: durians, pineapples, and several others that I've eaten before but can't name. I think one's a jackfruit, and another might be a soursop. Half of the back car is full of ...Photo of the Day (04.08.2008)
Apr 8th, 2008 at 5:15PM: One of my strongest memories of my trip to southeast Asia was being chased by a herd of monkeys in Vietnam. It was kind of funny at first, until we realized how persistent they can be when they want some food. I think I can honestly say that hungry monkeys lose the 'cute' factor pretty quickly. Still, they're kind of charming in photos like this one from Geotraveler. So what do you think? With ...
