‘At Mien Pleung.‘
So I can’t get a fruit shake?
It’s common enough to hear out here in rural Cambodia. Generally accompanied by an open hand, rotated at the wrist – the empty hand, held high for all to see, is a near universal Asian symbol for ‘don’t have’.… Read More
My knees ache terribly. I feel like I’m nine again, crammed awkwardly into a tiny church pew. Instead of a Greek Orthodox priest yelling about damnation in a language I never understood I now have a plinth of brightly robed monks chanting at me about salvation in another.… Read More
The Wayward
There are only three M’s who travel to Asia. Missionaries, Mercenaries, and Malcontents. These are their stories.
‘Nick’, he says.
‘The thing about seventies porn was it looked like dang old every chick had Don King in a leglock’.… Read More
Kerfuffle n. (Cur-fuff-ul)
1. A small mishap or problem.
2. A collection of travelers, squares, freaks, hairies, dykes and fairies, setting off into the jungles of Cambodia in search of a place they have never been, yet inexplicably miss.… Read More
In the West you have to try very hard to be skinny. In Cambodia you have to try like hell to get fat.… Read More
1903, Coney Island, New York. The worlds first snuff film.
A crowd has gathered at the unfinished Luna Amusement Park. The salt air off the beach mixes with the smell of taffy and fresh popcorn. The audience has been promised a sight … Read More
The recent Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has been in the news for almost a year now. More than long enough to filter out to the detached settlers of my small beach.… Read More
Never trust a fart in southeast Asia. Wish I’d have heard that little gem sooner.
They say you’re never more humble than when, as an adult, you shit your pants. Well ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you today as humble as the Buddha himself.… Read More
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