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The Dark Side of Voluntourism

The Dark Side of Voluntourism

December 28, 2019
by Sandi Davis
Yarns

Before our bags were packed our egos were boosted. Our air was shrouded in arrogance. Friends, family and strangers fuelled our vanity: what we were…

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They Say You Never Forget How to Ride a Bike, But I Had to Learn Three Times

They Say You Never Forget How to Ride a Bike, But I Had to Learn Three Times

November 28, 2019
by Julia Ahearne
Cambodia Yarns, Yarns

On training wheels, my older sister used to race me. If she won, she would get an orange-flavoured Chupa Chup. If I won, we would…

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Coaches and Corruption: Crossing the Lao-Cambodian Border

Coaches and Corruption: Crossing the Lao-Cambodian Border

March 29, 2019
by Malcolm Hodge
Cambodia Yarns, Yarns

The longboat ferry departs Don Det right on schedule, contrary to local custom. The short trip brings us to the riverbank near the Lao-Cambodian border,…

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Finding the Darkness: Running From Addiction in Cambodia

Finding the Darkness: Running From Addiction in Cambodia

September 10, 2018
by Kingsley Bell
Cambodia Yarns, Yarns

Having finished high school, gotten my place at uni and taken a gap year, I was at a bit of a loose end. The thought…

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Party Drugs: Who's Really Paying the Ultimate Price?

Party Drugs: Who’s Really Paying the Ultimate Price?

January 16, 2018
by Emma Bendall
Features

Party drugs like ecstasy, ketamine and cocaine find their way into the pockets of festival, concert and couch-session attendees, making them as common as a…

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Brides and Arseholes in Cambodia

Brides and Arseholes in Cambodia

September 11, 2017
by Gemma Clarke
Cambodia Yarns, Yarns

It was 3am, and I’d been swaying to mindless chart music at a beach bar in Sihanoukville for far too long. When I’d arrived in…

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A Valium and Vodka Cocktail

A Valium and Vodka Cocktail

July 25, 2017
by Morgan Steven
Yarns

He moves me across to the middle of the bed from above with his strong hand between my shoulder blades. My arms flop over my…

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Displacement and Crystal Meth in Boeung Kak

Displacement and Crystal Meth in Boeung Kak

March 30, 2016
by Nat Kassel
Features

I’m on the second story of an abandoned building in Phnom Penh that was probably a decent hotel at one point. A man leads me through a…

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Literary Fantasies in Phnom Penh

Literary Fantasies in Phnom Penh

February 23, 2016
by Nat Kassel
Yarns

Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris is about a Hollywood screenwriter who unwittingly time travels back to the 1920s and meets his favourite dead writers….

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Christmas in Cambodia: Roulette, Expats and a Boil

Christmas in Cambodia: Roulette, Expats and a Boil

January 12, 2016
by Freya Ingebørg
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When I wake up, the hostel room seems hotter and whiter than before, maybe even smaller, if that makes sense. My alarm’s ting-a-ling grows louder…

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One Failed Motorhead

One Failed Motorhead

October 27, 2015
by Laura Hedge
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It’s a tired old cliché that you learn more about yourself when you go travelling overseas. And without a doubt, I learned a great deal about…

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Siem Reap: Ivy Fridays

Siem Reap: Ivy Fridays

October 16, 2015
by Zoe Hogan
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Get There: Ivy Guest House: Central Market Street, before the river on the right Cost: Everything 1USD (tapas, cocktails, beer) When you manage to wine…

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