After several months living in Cambodia, some of its charming quirks — shower heads that are too short for a six foot tall man, streets wide awake from 5am — have turned into daily annoyances for Allan Soutaris.
Phnom penh
Music’s latest phenomenon: the Tuk-Tuk sessions
Allan Soutaris and a fellow Aussie living in Cambodia created the Tuk-Tuk Sessions to share music and provide friends and family with a visual tour of the vibrant street life in Phnom Penh.
travel The slums of Phnom Penh: working with child drug users
At one stage I counted ten young street children injecting heroin in the ally around me. Monks slowly walked by on their morning alms. For a Westerner it was an unexpected juxtaposition, writes Allan Soultaris from Cambodia.
Reflecting on Cambodia’s national day of mourning
Today in Phnom Penhm, a Prime Minister weeps openly with his people, and the streets are silent, writes Emma Leslie, executive director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
With the stench of death in the air, Phnom Penh hurries along
This morning the sun rose on Cambodia just like every other day. People began their business just like every other day. Today is not like any other day. Australian tourist Trevor Simons reports on the strange calm in Phnom Penh.
travel Climb aboard my sweaty, slum-filled Cambodian ride
Allan Soutaris is an AYAD, part of a government program shipping young Australians off to work in developing countries, where the first week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia includes cultural misunderstandings, lots of bowing and a planned trip to the slums…
Letter from … Phnom Penh
Kaing Guek Eav has been detained since 1999 and is one of five former Khmer Rouge leaders currently facing trial for crimes against humanity, write Georgia Wilkins and Pat McGrath.
