It’s ironic – science can fully explain how an airplane flies; air velocity, surface area, air pressure… and yet there is something magical about seeing the ground drop away and climbing high above the clouds to a vatnage point only God and the sun enjoy. I haven’t gotten to the ironic part yet. Airline companies, [...]
I had wanted to try dog; you can’t come to an Asian country like Cambodia and not eat one of western cultures most loved domesticated animals. To Asians, it’s like Bessy on a bun with ketchup and pickles. Not that it’s actually that common. So I was quite eager to try it and once served [...]
To the uninitiated, Cambodian traffic may seem to be governed by a lawless chaos continually poised on the verge of disaster. While it may be true that disaster is but a hair’s breath away, it is not true that there are no laws. There are in fact 10 laws, and while unspoken, they are as unshakeable as a Cambodian mosquitoes on a hot night.
It’s one of those rites of passage through which every missionary must pass; cultural faux pas of the linguistic type. Which, in a country where the language has 38 consonants and 24 vowel sounds, is not really uncommon (english has about half that many). Many of these sounds are extremely subtle, and if not enunciated [...]