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Goodbye Dad
A week ago, my dad died.
Simon Ostheimer
Mar 24, 2020
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A Photo of Life and Death
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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Jul 11, 2020
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The Elephants of Angkor
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Jun 20, 2020
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Siem Reap's Antique Collector
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Jun 13, 2020
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Tim the Thaiger
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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Feb 13, 2021
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The Beauty of Battambang - Part 3
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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Aug 15, 2020
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The Beauty of Battambang - Part 1
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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Aug 1, 2020
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A Tale of Two Cities
The true story of a story that never was (and the mysterious Ou Runyi)
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Jul 18, 2020
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The Cambodian Book Collector
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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Sep 5, 2020
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Notes from a Desert Island
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Apr 16
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Ich Bin Ein Hongkonger
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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Feb 6, 2021
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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
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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Feb 5
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