Outside of Pursat. #Cambodia

Outside of Pursat. #Cambodia

Really wasn’t expecting deep fried battered chicken feet when I ordered the only vaguely familiar item on the menu - fried chicken legs. Must be tired, shoulda known. #Cambodia

Really wasn’t expecting deep fried battered chicken feet when I ordered the only vaguely familiar item on the menu - fried chicken legs. Must be tired, shoulda known. #Cambodia

Can see why Koh Rong, Cambodia has made so many best beaches/islands lists lately.

Can see why Koh Rong, Cambodia has made so many best beaches/islands lists lately.

Well hello there.

Well hello there.

Love our morning walks. Never know what to expect. Got a nice pumpkin today.

Supporters of imprisoned Boeung Kak lake community activist Yorm Bopha are gathered in front of the Supreme Court waiting to see if she will be released pending appeal.

Supporters of imprisoned Boeung Kak lake community activist Yorm Bopha are gathered in front of the Supreme Court waiting to see if she will be released pending appeal.

Lucky to live in this beautiful country for a while.

Lucky to live in this beautiful country for a while.

Road between Kep and Kampot. Seems to finally be getting some repairs, in some places. Still a rough ride though, especially at night in a tuk tuk. But very, very worth it if you’re showing a friend around, and you’re short on time, so you’re staying in Kampot but want Kep crab market for dinner!

Road between Kep and Kampot. Seems to finally be getting some repairs, in some places. Still a rough ride though, especially at night in a tuk tuk. But very, very worth it if you’re showing a friend around, and you’re short on time, so you’re staying in Kampot but want Kep crab market for dinner!

A few of my favorite things.

A few of my favorite things.

Villa Vedici, Kampot, Cambodia.

And yes, my camera lens is doing strange things! But I kind of like it.

Found Hobbes everybody. He’s in Kampot.

Found Hobbes everybody. He’s in Kampot.

Just bought a “North Face” jacket, “North Face” laptop bag, a dress shirt, a sweater and 3 pairs of socks. All for $42. Ready to go to Brussels tonight!

Another sunrise in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia.

Another sunrise in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia.

Back from Oddar Meanchey, in remote northern Cambodia, where we spent the week talking to villagers whose homes were burned down - with all their belongings - or who lost their rice fields. Who would do such a thing? Sugar companies. They ignore Cambodia’s own land laws in getting enormous long-term land leases, then forcibly boot the people living or farming there for generations, so they can grow sugar for export. The plantations eventually employ a meager few hundred, for a few months a year, at nearly slave labor wages — here, best we heard was 30 cents an hour. (Only after first logging the land, also illegally.) The impact on already impoverished families is devastating.

Back from Oddar Meanchey, in remote northern Cambodia, where we spent the week talking to villagers whose homes were burned down - with all their belongings - or who lost their rice fields. Who would do such a thing? Sugar companies. They ignore Cambodia’s own land laws in getting enormous long-term land leases, then forcibly boot the people living or farming there for generations, so they can grow sugar for export. The plantations eventually employ a meager few hundred, for a few months a year, at nearly slave labor wages — here, best we heard was 30 cents an hour. (Only after first logging the land, also illegally.) The impact on already impoverished families is devastating.

Sunrise in hazy Oddar Meanchey. Far from home.

Sunrise in hazy Oddar Meanchey. Far from home.