Tag: Asia
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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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A is for Apsara
Read more: A is for ApsaraI love dancing, learning new dances and trying new food. These are just a couple of reasons why I liked going to an Apsara dance performance and dinner. Apsara dancing is a traditional Cambodian style of dance. When apsara dancers are on the stage, they usually have a slight smile with their mouths closed. Some…
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Siem Reap – More than just Temples!
Read more: Siem Reap – More than just Temples!It may sound weird, but nine months into our RTW trip and we are running out of time! After an “unplanned extension” in Hoi An, Vietnam, we actually discussed whether to visit Cambodia, or to bypass it “until next time”. In the end we decided that since we were in the region we should visit…
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Row, row, row your boat…
Read more: Row, row, row your boat…It used to be that the men of Hoi An would row, row, row their boats, gently down the stream…to the ocean! Hoi An’s proximity to the ocean, and the fact that it is a well protected harbour on the river made it an ideal trading port. Since it is so well preserved it makes the…
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An Enlightening Experience
Read more: An Enlightening ExperienceTo end our stay in Hoi An, we decided to participate in the lunar festival. This celebration happens every 29 days (once every lunar month) on the night of the full moon. The festival gives people a chance to honour their ancestors and wish for good luck. In Asia, many people follow the lunar calendar.…