Paul's Oriental Travelogue

The Way of the Warrior

In one episode of The Simpsons, Homer changes his name to something he saw on a hair dryer. He then tells his family, "There are three ways of doing everything: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power...
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Kingstown

A full day on the roads takes me to Sihanoukville. Never heard of it? Then you're not much of a royalist because it's named after the king. As with all routes in Cambodia, this one ran through Phnom Penh. The...
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Angkor Aweigh

There hardly seems a point in photographing Angkor. In person there's dozens and dozens of ancient, crumbling mazes of stone and flora. Above, below, all around. Crashing in, nooo!! In a picture it's usually a big pile of rocks and...
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Something's missing

There are no ATMs in Cambodia. There is not one 7-11, McDonald's, Starbucks, or Dunkin Donuts. The no 7-11s is especially surprising since by my estimate there are approximately seventeen billion 7-11s in Bangkok and Hong Kong, each. Picture New...
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