Tessa, Author at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ /author/tessa/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:49:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 41177183 Review: North Korea’s Angkor Panorama Museum, Siem Reap /art-culture/review-north-korea-angkor-panorama-museum-siem-reap/ /art-culture/review-north-korea-angkor-panorama-museum-siem-reap/#comments Fri, 27 Dec 2019 09:18:22 +0000 /?p=742560 Update: As of December, 2019, the Angkor Panorama Museum is closed, reportedly due to UN sanctions on North Korea that required member states to send North Korean workers home in mid-December.  When we crossed the vast, empty parking lot in … Continue reading →

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]]> /siem-reap/haven-training-restaurant-siem-reap/feed/ 0 901287 Getting potted in Siem Reap: Khmer Ceramics Center review /siem-reap/ceramics-class-siem-reap/ /siem-reap/ceramics-class-siem-reap/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2017 04:55:22 +0000 /?p=841243 When the temples start to all look alike and souvenir shopping palls, consider spending an hour or two sinking your hands into some genuine Cambodian clay. A pottery class at the Khmer Ceramics and Art Cente is hardly an in-depth … Continue reading →

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]]> /siem-reap/ceramics-class-siem-reap/feed/ 3 841243 Review: Sothy’s Pepper Farm, Kep /kep/review-sothys-pepper-farm-kep/ /kep/review-sothys-pepper-farm-kep/#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:57:09 +0000 /?p=782455 Plain old pepper never seemed very interesting until we visited this small farm outside of Kep. More than growing pepper, Sothy’s Pepper Farm wants to educate the world about the subtleties of a spice that’s too often taken for granted, … Continue reading →

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]]> /kep/review-sothys-pepper-farm-kep/feed/ 0 782455 Review: Angkor Silk Farm, Siem Reap /art-culture/review-angkor-silk-farm-siem-reap/ /art-culture/review-angkor-silk-farm-siem-reap/#respond Tue, 31 May 2016 00:35:14 +0000 /?p=742563 Anyone who enjoys a good industrial tour — and who doesn’t? — should visit the Angkor Silk Farm, about 20 minutes outside of Siem Reap, for what might better be termed a pre-industrial tour. Silk is being produced there in … Continue reading →

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