The early bird catches the early fish at Manachai Thailand
The early bird catches the worm or in this case, the fish. Despite my body pleading for me to turn over and to carrying on sleeping, I got up at 4am this morning and headed out the 60km South west of Bangkok to the small Fishing Port of Mahachai and then onto the Mae Kong [...]
Cambodia – postcards from Phnom Penh
It’s clearly time to go home! My final day in Phnom Penh and my camera has given up the ghost. I struggled yesterday whilst shooting the sombre Killing Fields and S-21 Genocide museum (read the post and watch the multimedia slide show) as my trusty Canon 5dMk2 became less trusty and began to play up. [...]
The Genocide and Tyranny of Cambodia’s Pol Pot
As a former Soldier and someone who has witnessed what man’s inhumanity to man can do – and which indirectly led me to found Focus for Humanity - I wanted to experience the museum and memorial, partly out of respect but partly to draw my own memories of those 1970s news reports and my misconceptions of this otherwise charming country to a close.
Back to School in Cambodia
About 45 minutes outside Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, lies Koh Dak or “Silk Island” – a dedicated community of Khmers who hand weave the silk and other materials that are so popular within (and outside) Cambodia.
Suburban Shanghai’s other face
I wanted to escape the Shanghai that everyone sees; I wanted to explore the every day Shanghai of the 20 million inhabitants that provide the “fuel” for this great engine of Chinese growth. This is the Shanghai of those who have been relocated to make way for the new city; the Shanghai of those who get around on electric scooters or the Shanghai of the pensioners content to play majhong or sit all day in the street and chat.
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