Formerly morbidly-obese library cop turned freelance travel writer and jungle vagabond. Currently riding my tiny scooter around Asia, and writing from the rainy beaches of the Cambodian coast.
Travelogues, training, and cautionary tales for those feeling sidelined by circumstance and hoping to change their lives through travel.… 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
The Khmer Rouge exploded on Cambodian culture like a nuclear bomb. Twenty years of freedom from France had created a bohemian pearl on the Mekong river. Film, music, art, all thrived under the mercurial playboy, Prince Norodom Sihanouk – nurturing them slowly back to life after a hundred years of French imperialism.… Read More
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