Tag: South East Asia
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Super Southeast Asia Night!
Read more: Super Southeast Asia Night!From one area of Asia to another – off we go to remember our time in Southeast Asia. Specifically this Global Fieldtrip Night will share our photos and reflections from Thailand, Viet Nam and Cambodia. Come join us on Saturday, March 19th at 7:00pm. As always, everyone is welcome. Let us know if you will be there,…
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Cooking the Khmer Way!
Read more: Cooking the Khmer Way!So here we are in Siem Reap and wanting to cook some of the local Khmer fare. We scoured the Internet and tourist areas for cooking schools and came up with Le Tigre de Papier. What makes their cooking classes different is that they allow the customers to select the dishes they would like to make…
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Asia’s Beautiful Flower
Read more: Asia’s Beautiful FlowerThe lotus is an aquatic perennial that can be found throughout Asia. The seeds of the flower can last a long time – in some cases over 1000 years! We have seen this exquisite flower throughout our Asian explorations . The beautiful bloom is said to represent elegance, beauty, perfection, purity and grace and is…
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Fear Factor Cambodian Style!
Read more: 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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Silky Worms
Read more: Silky WormsNothing beats the softness and touch of real silk….but do you know how to figure out good quality silk? Silk is one of the main industries throughout Vietnam. For over 300 years, the people of the Champa tribe were leaders in silk making. They sent their products to Europe and other parts of Asia via the…