I last visited Australia a year and nine months ago. It was a two week holiday away from the culture shock of China. At the time I’d been travelling for a year and ten months so it seems I go in rhythms because here I am again. The differences I noted then remain similar now. I’m still looking for the waste paper basket for my toilet paper as opposed to simply flushing it and I catch myself out when Asian looking people speak perfect English. Yet this time I’m in …

The Angkor Wat temple and surrounding ruins in the Angkor national park contain hundreds of years of history. When visiting the temples you come to expect that you will see the moss covered stones, broken statues, fallen debris and dirt tracks covered in footprints. It doesn’t occur to you that the temples would be filled with wooden frames, steel reinforcement or tarpaulin to ruin not only your photos but your natural experience.
When visiting the temples a year ago I got the feeling of what it might be like in its …

I’ve come to expect scams from locals but westerners are meant to be on our side, countering the evil corruption not playing the game the Khmer way. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

As we learn through Diana Saw, owner operator of Bloom Guesthouse and Bloom bag store, Siem Reap, enough is enough!