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Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains

December 12, 2017

There are two things that I love to do when I travel: trekking and community-based tourism. So when I was planning my trip to Cambodia a few years ago, I was thrilled to find Chi Phat.

I was of course planning a visit to the Angkor Wat Historical Park and wasn’t going to pass up history in Phnom Penh. But I wanted something a little more special and off-the-beaten-path. When I found out about Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, I knew that was where I wanted to go. Chi Phat is a community-based eco-tourism initiative there.

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Bpai Tiao: Khao Yai National Park

May 21, 2013

In Thailand, a bpai tiao is a trip of any length. I’ve written about some of my more significant bpai tiaos to tourist destinations here, to be used as travel ideas and tips.

Before going to Khon Kaen, one of my fellow PCVs put out a request for help with an English camp for Paw Aws in Surin. I decided to volunteer to give a hand and hopefully help make things less stressful than my own experience. It was also taking place the last week before school was supposed to start and she suggested going on a weekend bpai tiao after the camp was over, which I was all about. One last big trip before buckling down to get to work.

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Bpai Tiao Video: Tat Ton Waterfall

May 19, 2013

In Thailand, a bpai tiao is a trip of any length. I’ve written about some of my more significant bpai tiaos to tourist destinations here, to be used as travel ideas and tips.

School is out, and so that means plenty of English camps being held for all kinds of school staff. After Jessie helped me out with my principals training, I happily returned the favor for her. Her training was held at Tat Ton National Park, where I visited with my host family not too long ago. Being more prepared to go this time, I made a video for you to experience it yourself a bit better.

Bpai Tiao: Tat Ton National Park

April 30, 2013

In Thailand, a bpai tiao is a trip of any length. I’ve written about some of my more significant bpai tiaos to tourist destinations here, to be used as travel ideas and tips.

It started out as something that was really only marginally interesting: one of my host sisters has just finished high school and was going to Chaiyaphum to register for university to study nursing. Chaiyaphum is about an hour from where I live. So we all loaded up into someone else’s pick up truck and made our way there. We all being Gee (my 18-year-old host sister), Geek (my 12-year-old host sister), my host mom, the man who owns the car, an “aunt” and me.

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