Kampuchea Crossings

This site’s under sketch, a third makeover since ’03. We have a baby now :-) and life is suddenly all wonder and tedium at the same time.

So on the rare free moments I’ll post some scatterbrained bursts of consciousness about working in foreign aid or family life in our home away from home, which is Cambodia right now. These are just personal updates to friends and family. But since you’re here, have a look around. Thanks for stopping by… more about me

How many times have I had to look these up, only to forget again. Simple and immensely useful, reposted from the original by Miguel Yatco at Cool Infographics.

I love this idea, even though we never got around to buying a crib for the little boy! It’s reposted from A Little Learning for Two, a blog about raising two kids on a small budget in a small apartment.

This is a bee larvae cake, a dish from the ever-popular Sovanna restaurant (No 2C St 21, just south of Sihanouk Blvd). It’s steamed with spices in banana leaves, and picked at like a snack. We had a friend visiting Cambodia who wanted to sample Khmer cuisine, and what better way to do that than to get a big group together so you can toss something like this into the meal mix? ;-) It has a gummy sort of texture, and the larvae pop like a pocket when you bite down on them. It’s got a nutty taste, a little sweet, with a hint of honey. No one disliked it, though it won’t be something we will normally order. Photo from Keith Kelly.

…speaking of pungent fruits.. It isn’t durian season, but Thai varieties are available all year so we can get them here. I had a craving for it a few weeks ago and Tristan got in on the fun. Yep, he’s had a taste and seems to like it.