Category: RTW Travel
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Hong Kong – The Gateway to Asia
Read more: Hong Kong – The Gateway to AsiaHaving just spent the past month and a bit in Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, we were in for a little bit of a culture shock as we headed to Hong Kong. Gone were the dusty roads and noisy tuk-tuks. It was like we had done some time travel and were now Back to the Future.…
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Thank you Teacher for your Teaching!
Read more: Thank you Teacher for your Teaching!As we’ve mentioned in our previous posts, Cambodia is a country still recovering from incredible devastation from their civil war. As a result, the people do not have a solid infrastructure and do not have a stable public education system. Most children, especially in the villages, do not have access to any education at all–…
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Things that go “boom” in the night…
Read more: Things that go “boom” in the night…Each day, many of us leave our homes to go to work or school, go for a walk in the park, and even go camping in the forests around our homes. Do any of us imagine that we won’t return home with all of our arms and legs? In the 1970’s, Southeast Asia was in…
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A Fruit and a Root!
Read more: A Fruit and a Root!For our Cambodian cooking class, I chose mango salad and lotus root with pork. I picked the salad because I love mangoes and I picked lotus root with pork because it was different. Success! Everything was delicious! Try these recipes to taste for yourself! For the mango salad: Ingredients: Salad 1 green mango, peeled and…
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Food glorious FOOD!!
Read more: Food glorious FOOD!!What do Banana Flowers, Chicken and Bok Choy have in common? Not much! However, you can use these ingredients to make a delicious Khmer meal! We usually try to take a cooking class in different countries we visit. As part of our cooking class in Siem Reap, I thought that Banana Flower Salad (as a starter),…