Category: General
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Tis’ the season to be hungry: here are some best dishes at Topaz Restaurant
When in Phnom Penh was invited to indulge in a Michelin-starred dinner at Topaz Restaurant pretty recently. May I say it out loud, it is that time of the year again, and of course, presents are probably on the top of your list this month, but what is a good Christmas without a grand feast? Well,…
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“Impact Stroll” brings young Cambodians closer to social enterprises
Impact Stroll Vol3 organized by Impact Hub, a co-working space based in Phnom Penh, invited 16 young people to visit 6 different social enterprises in Phnom Penh last Sunday. The organizers said that Impact Stroll aims to encourage young Cambodians to understand Cambodian social entrepreneurship better and get involved in the future. Impact Hub’s next stroll to…
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Cambodia: the opportunity of a lifetime
Prior to my first visit to Cambodia, my knowledge of the country consisted of stories that I heard from my mom, the adults’ conversations at house parties, weddings, Wat (padoga), in the berry fields, and other people’s accounts of their vacations in Cambodia. Of course, being a child of Cambodian parents, I was very aware…
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Guest Post: Cambodian’s first trip to Iceland
(Bora Vuth, a Cambodain based in the US, took his first trip to Iceland known for “Ice + Land”. Bora is kind to share his story with us on this platform, so that travelers from Cambodia or other countries can find some insight from his personal trip to one of the coldest places on Earth.)…
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Artease teases your taste buds
Last week, I decided to go to a cafe shop, which I have routinely seen on my way to Boeng Keng Kang neighbourhood. This one Artease Cafe is located on Street 310 in Beong Keng Kong. I think that Artease has been there for quite a long time; it’s just that I did not get…
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Guest Post: Hiking Mount Bromo, East Java | Indonesia
Note: This is a guest post by Nitin Pradeep Kumar who is based in Singapore. He hiked to Mount Bromo, an active volcano located in East Java, Indonesia in September 2016, and would like to share his world travel experiences with our readers on WheninPhnomPenh. ========================= Blaming myself for not bringing along woolen gloves did not…
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Lessons I learnt from peace journalism training in Myanmar
(Note: The first question that might arise in your mind is “Is it really safe for a 19-year-old female Khmer to travel with a stranger she doesn’t personally know outside Cambodia and stay abroad for a week? Well, I am still alive and kicking, so I bet I am far more qualified to answer this question. 🙂 Also,…
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Does a solo trip have to be outside your own country?
Imagine a 19-year-old girl who always sticks with her family decides to go on a solo travel trip inside her own or to a foreign country. What difference do you think it makes for the girl? It is not that her parents limit her freedom to move around at her will. But she gets used…
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Pram Ang – not just a movie, but five life experiences
Pram Ang started in 2013, when we failed to produce a short film about a father-son relationship, due to a potential producer’s lack of funding. So Rithea, one of the most active members of Kon Khmer Koun Khmer, proposed to me his own story about a mother-son relationship, with a low budget. The idea was…
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CamboFarm: The Only Rabbit Farm in Cambodia
We warn you, it’s #cutenessoverload. We took photographs of these very adorable rabbits earlier, there will not be much of description by the way, but merely photos of them we took with Canon 70D. This one is called Mini-rex. Yes, he stuck out his tongue. We are not sure why, but perhaps, it happened after we ran around the table…