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Once Upon a Time
[Don Det, 3/29/23] As I was typing in One More Bar, Ken the owner, Miha and a Brit from Bradford, let’s call him Ian, told me they’re going to look at a…
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Extra Long Days, In the Best Way, In Don Det
[Don Det, 3/27/23] Just 20 years ago, the first tourists arrived in Don Det. The only electricity was at restaurants and guesthouses with generators…
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Buy, Sell, Beg, Eat, Drink, Look
[writing station inside Stung Treng Market, 3/23/23] This morning, I bought an $18 ticket for Don Det, Laos, so this is my last full day in Cambodia…
Linh Dinh
Mar 23
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Blue Threads to the Soul
[Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, 2/27/08] If you don’t care for contemporary poetry, just skip this post! A week ago, a student at Fulton Science Academy…
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Mar 22
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Happy World War!
[Stung Treng, 3/20/23] In Hanoi’s Old Quarter, there are streets named Hat, Fan, Pen, Cotton, Comb and Coffin, etc. As their names indicate, each sells…
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Mar 21
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Last Town To Nowhere
[Stung Treng, 3/11/23] My trip to Stung Treng was much more stressful than expected. In fact, an overworked yet much cursed part of my body deserves the…
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Mar 14
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Leaving Phnom Penh, to Hug the Mekong, Upriver
[Phnom Penh, 3/9/23] Very early tomorrow, I’ll take a $15 bus to Stung Treng, a town no one has heard of. Even those who live there are shocked to learn…
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Purgatory Lost
[Phnom Penh, 3/7/23] It’s 10AM. I’ve had my coffee but no breakfast, and yet, I’m already at my plastic table on the sidewalk, in the shade of a…
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Mar 8
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Adapt, Resist, Deform, Reform
[Cape Town, 9/18/21] On the grimy wall over me is a flyer for a missing cat. In the color xerox, this white and tan pussy is lying inside an old…
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It's The Land, Our Religion
[Olargues, 8/24/17] Since everything, cathedral, lime leaf or spoon, has a history and social context, nothing is uninteresting, except to snobby…
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Mar 4
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Third World Enough?
[Phnom Penh, 2/27/23] One can’t say sorry often enough. With the most bitter remorse, then, I apologize for suggesting English is thoroughly corrupted…
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Mar 1
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February 2023
Toxic Terroir
[Washington, 7/2/09] It’s just after 9AM. I had my cappuccino and rice with grilled pork. I took then uploaded some photos. With a chilled can of…
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