Category: Mikhaila’s Memories

  • Amazing Cambodian Dishes!

    Amazing Cambodian Dishes!

    In our fantastic Cambodian cooking class, we had the chance to make some really tasty meals! My favourite dishes usually have noodles, so I chose to make fried noodles with beef so I know how to make it. I also love desserts, so we learned how to make a yummy dessert with a pumpkin! I…

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  • Our Cambodian Temple Run

    Our Cambodian Temple Run

    Welcome to day two of our temple run! On this adventure, we explored other temples around Angkor Wat which were really interesting and beautiful. Ta Prohm One of the main features of the Ta Prohm temple are the trees which have grown and worked their way into the ruins. The two main types of tree…

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  • Fear Factor Cambodian Style!

    Fear Factor Cambodian Style!

    What creeps, crawls and tastes delicious? Bugs of course! During the Cambodian civil war, there were food shortages and people were starving to death. Many were forced to look for alternative food sources like bugs in order to survive. The bugs were often eaten alive, because lighting a fire could reveal one’s location to the enemy.…

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  • Wheel of Fortune?

    Wheel of Fortune?

    Biking down the street through a village, one can see clay statues, giant kilns, and pottery shops. Where are you? The famous Thanh Ha pottery village in Hoi An, of course! One of the first mentions of the village in history was in the late 18th century, at the time of the Nguyen dynasty. The…

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  • Our Cycling Adventure Continued….

    Our Cycling Adventure Continued….

    After Zoe’s cliffhanger yesterday, you have probably been waiting eagerly to read this post.  So, without any further ado…. here is part two of our biking adventure! Boat Making One of our stops was to a boat making area where we saw the process of the construction. First the logs made from the jackfruit tree…

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