Travels with Tricia

Category: Cambodia

  • People thresh rice in rural Cambodia.

    Threshing Rice on Christmas Day in Cambodia

    ‘Twas Christmas Day in Cambodia… The sun shone brightly overhead. Golden grass and towering palm trees danced in the strong gusts of wind. Cows mooed and baby chicks tiptoed about. Though we were far from our family and friends who are scattered throughout the world, we yearned to have a special holiday.  And indeed we…

  • Bridging a Divide on the Backroads of Cambodia’s Takeo Province

    It was on the dusty backroads in Cambodia’s Takeo Province that a well-travelled toy fish found its way to a new home. To get there, the little fish literally had to bridge a divide. One morning, we packed our borrowed bikes’ baskets with bottles of water and a purple plush toy. The toy fish, with…

  • Tuktuks pass by the exterior of Phnom Penh's Royal Palace, just before sunset.

    Photo Du Jour: Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace at Sunset

    Tuktuks pass by the exterior of Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace compound, just before sunset. The opulent structure was built in the 1860s.