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Browsing Tag: Cambodia

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Pagoda

We took a minute today to visit a Buddist Pagoda. You walk through a filthy, smelly marketplace (piles of fly covered fish for sale) and turn the corner to a beautiful peaceful pagoda. About 75 monks live there, they run a school on the site. They were very kind about visiting with us and answering […]

cycling, life, travel

the best feeling ever

Today we drove out into the rural countryside in Cambodia, Pursat Province, to the village of Chung Ruk for the opening ceremonies of our Youthlinc service project. The Youthlinc kids have been working for a year on projects and fundraisers to purchase goods that will benefit this village. The concept has been a bit abstract […]

travel

the killing fields

Today we visited the Killing Fields and S-21, a tearful, heart wrenching place to experience yet an absolute must for any traveler. The destructive force of the Khmer Rouge is the reason Cambodia is in the state it’s in today. A quick history for those who don’t know: The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), otherwise […]