Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer

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A week ago, my dad died.
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On 17 April 1975, young French photographer Roland Neveu found himself on the streets of Phnom Penh as the Khmer Rouge made their final push on the…
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The story of how a French family turned their back on providing rides around Angkor, and instead allowed them to roam Siem Reap's largest elephant…
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The story of how Kimhong San came to set up Antique Cambodia in Siem Reap, and why his collection of old radios, vinyl and boomboxes is much more than a…
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Meet Tim Newton, who left behind the cold winter of Melbourne for a new adventure in sunny Phuket, along the way discovering the best (and worst) of…
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Like every good story, this one of Battambang has a beginning, middle and end. In the final part we bike through the countryside, visit the airport, and…
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Cambodia's second city is also one of its least visited, so it was about time to check out this laidback metropolis, and the ancient temples and nature…
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The true story of a story that never was (and the mysterious Ou Runyi)
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Meet longtime Phnom Penh resident Andy Brouwer, who has assembled one of the country's largest private collections of English books on the 'Kingdom of…
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I recently spent a week on a remote island off southwest Cambodia. With no running water, mains electricity or - gasp, horror - WiFi, it was a true…
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After years of struggling with my identity, I ended up defining myself as Hong Kong British, but can an expat kid with a German surname ever really be a…
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To paraphrase David Bowie, sometimes you just have to turn and face the strain. Over the last four years, that's what I've been trying to do, as I…
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