Tag: Asia
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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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The Moment You Have All Been Waiting For…
Read more: The Moment You Have All Been Waiting For…For those of you who have read my other post on Apsara dancing, this is the moment you have all been waiting for… As another Backstreet Academy activity, we did Apsara dancing. We arrived at the Plateau association, where we would learn how to this traditional Cambodian dance. We met our backstreet facilitator who translated…
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What’s a Wat?
Read more: What’s a Wat?Imagine a place frozen in time, with mysterious faces looking out at you from the rock. Sound creepy? What if you could find the most divine sculptures and bas relief carvings right out in the open, not behind glass, and could practically reach out and touch any one of them (though you should not!). This…
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A Night at the Cambodian Circus!
Read more: A Night at the Cambodian Circus!Cambodia is famous for their circus performers. It’s not the usual circus with animals and clowns – but rather more like Cirque de Soleil with acrobats and amazing use of the body. As Oliver mentioned in his Siem Reap post, this country is still recovering and rebuilding from its tragic past. Many of its children lived…
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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…