Cambodia

May 13, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

“They can’t drink the alcohol or woo the ladies”

Originally sent: 27 June 2005 About this series I’m in Battambang: which is famous across Indochina for its decrepit colonial French architecture, raunchy statues of garudas having their way with apsaras and a state of sleepiness that gives the lack of English expressions for somnolence a bad name. Since the

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May 06, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Ratspotting

Originally sent: 12 May 2005. About this series. I spotted my first rat on the way to work this morning which was the size of a small pony. It was headed in the direction of my house. Things bode ill. I’ve just finished my first few weeks of work and

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Apr 26, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

I like your old stuff better than your new stuff.

I get this, often. Writing was more of a priority when I was virtually unemployed in Cambodia with no responsibility whatsoever rather than holding down a full time job that I enjoy and being a somewhat responsible parent. Circumstances have changed a little. Like anyone who writes, I’ve got a

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Sep 30, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

The hand painted signs of Cambodia

A Flickr group for Cambodia’s hand-painted sign folk art that I started a few years ago just had its 200th sign added to it. Here they are. If you’ve got any packed away in your archives and you’re a Flickr user, feel free to add them to the pool.

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Aug 17, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Leaving Cambodia

I wrote this four years ago and have had it sitting in my draft pile ever since. I never released it immediately because it seemed like an episode from a past life once I was back in Australia, off the road and back on the corporate ladder. I’ve returned and

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Jun 06, 2009 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

On the lack of food blog coherence

Grapes, apropos of nothing Sorry I’ve been a bit light on providing content over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy elsewhere, in a frenzy that sounds lke it comes straight from the kitchen of a Wes Anderson film. At SBS, I’ve been writing on those interlinked topics of mince

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Apr 22, 2009 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments

And they ask me why I go back.

It is because I can see this. Sunset over the museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Although I still haven’t finished writing about Hong Kong, I’m actually back in Cambodia and have taken Phnomenon out of retirement. It’s just like wearing an old, fermented fish-smelling sneaker of which I could never dispose.

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Mar 13, 2009 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Update: How to get from Kep to Phu Quoc in a day

Sunset at Kep Reader Paul mentions that the ferry from Ha Tien to Phu Quoc is now running, with confirmation from Phearak. Getting between two of Indochina’s laziest beach destinations has just become all the more lazier. The route can now be organised through Sok Lim Tours and is cheaper

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