Looking for adventure, head out on the highway

Posted on by Mairi

There’s only one rule of driving on the roads in Cambodia and that’s that there are no rules. At least that’s what one of my Phnom Penh-based friends told me while we were out driving the other day, but then he corrected himself. “Actually, there is one rule, the biggest one wins,” he said. We … Continue reading Looking for adventure, head out on the highway

Juggling expectations

Posted on by Mairi

As I typed this latest instalment of pinchmyself in downtown Phnom Penh, I looked out the window just in time to see a man throw a large machete up a palm tree toward his co-worker. I gasped and held my breath as the young man about 10 metres up the tree managed to reach out … Continue reading Juggling expectations