My Cambodian guide Run Phyros tells me about how the Khmer Rouge exterminated his entire family as we leave the Killing Fields. Nearly every middle-aged Cambodian I’ve talked to has felt the wrath… Continue reading
Thousands of craniums stare back at me with cold, petrified expressions. Spider webs dangle in eye hollow sockets. Thousands of skulls — piled as a high as a small apartment building — loom… Continue reading
The only thing I can smell is gunpowder. It flirts with my nostrils. The sun is sinking behind lush green hills somewhere in the Cambodian countryside. It’s a sticky, humid, dusty mess out… Continue reading
Roaming the narrow, bustling passageways of Bangkok’s Khao San Road, a snapshot of a celebrated NHL hockey player’s face stared back at me. Joe Sakic, the man with the iron wrist shot, former… Continue reading
Here are some simple phrases I picked up during my Thai travels. I hope you like saying these words as much as I do. Chang – My favourite Thai beer. The one with… Continue reading
Palm reading fortune tellers pull you into graffiti splattered alleys to spill shocking truths about your life. Mischevious tuk tuk drivers chirp at you from every angle. Occasionally, mysterious figures engulfed by shadows… Continue reading
What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand — except permanent ink. Brennon Hittel, a Canadian backpacker from Medicine Hat, Alberta knows this all too well. Brennon spontaneously inked a full moon on his… Continue reading
I wrapped my internship at Asian Geographic last week on April 26th. It’s crazy how time flies. It feels like yesterday that I was stepping off a flight from Canada, reeling with jet… Continue reading
