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Marissa Carruthers is a freelance journalist who, five weeks ago, left behind life in the UK for the sun and smiles of Cambodia. In her weekly column, she will be sharing the ups and downs of settling...
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Marissa Carruthers is a freelance journalist who, six weeks ago, left behind life in the UK for the sun and smiles of Cambodia. In her weekly column, she will be sharing the ups and downs of settling...
View ArticleMarissa’s first Christmas in Cambodia
Marissa Carruthers is a freelance journalist who, seven weeks ago, left behind life in the UK for the sun and smiles of Cambodia. In her weekly column, she will be sharing the ups and downs of settling...
View ArticleCool Cambodia
Marissa Carruthers is a freelance journalist who left behind life in the UK for the sun and smiles of Cambodia. In her column, she shares the ups and downs of settling into life in Phnom Penh as a new...
View ArticleHomesickness sinks in
Marissa Carruthers is a freelance journalist who left behind life in the UK for the sun and smiles of Cambodia. In her column, she shares the ups and downs of settling into life in Phnom Penh as a new...
View ArticleSteering clear of motos
Marissa Carruthers is a freelance journalist who left behind life in the UK for the sun and smiles of Cambodia. In her column, she shares the ups and downs of settling into life in Phnom Penh as a new...
View ArticleLazily learning the Khmer language
Marissa Carruthers is a freelance journalist who has left behind life in the UK for the sun and smiles of Cambodia. In her weekly column, she will be sharing the ups and downs of settling into life in...
View Article7 Reasons why you should move to Cambodia
Khmer440 has a hilarious post up called 7 Reasons Why You Really Shouldn’t Move to Cambodia where writer and almost-expat Gavin Mac quips “Cambodia Parent Network? Good grief. That’s like starting the...
View ArticlePets in Cambodia: How to import a dog or cat (or adopt one here)
One of the questions we hear from expats is whether or not it’s possible to bring their pets in and out of Cambodia. Happily, the answer is a resounding yes! We talked an expert on the matter, Nicola...
View ArticleLiving the dream: Cambodia
Last month I wrote a piece for International Living. Titled ‘Discovering an Affordable New World,’ it ran in the magazine’s Living the Dream column. How appropriate! I’ve re-posted the article below....
View Article6 reasons to bother learning Khmer
It’s true that one of the appealing things about moving to Cambodia is the expat’s ability to survive in-country without learning much of the local language. But just because you can get by without...
View ArticleExpat life in Siem Reap: Thriving in Cambodia’s “Art Town”
It wasn’t long ago that the major streets in the northern Cambodian town of Siem Reap were unpaved. There were no shopping malls, no cocktail bar…in short, it was a place only the most intrepid expats...
View ArticleWhy I’ve started using real estate agents in Cambodia
It wasn’t long ago that I wrote a post called ‘Why you shouldn’t look for an apartment in Cambodia before you arrive.’ In it, I explained why it’s best to wait until you’re in-country to begin your...
View ArticleWhat’s going on with work permits in Cambodia?
You may have heard that the situation with Cambodia work permits has changed recently. That’s half true. In order to work in Cambodia, one has always needed a work permit. However, it was very rarely...
View ArticleVeterinary care in Cambodia
If you’ve gone through the trouble of importing a pet into Cambodia or adopted one here, you may be wondering where to go for veterinary services for your pet. Most expats agree that it’s worth...
View ArticleUrban homesteading in Cambodia
I’ve always harbored fantasies of having a life like the Little House on the Prairie book series that I devoured as a kid: growing my own food, building houses, killing bears. And while I’m not ready...
View ArticleRead: A Clash of Innocents by Sue Guiney
This month, the Siem Reap Women’s Book Club is reading A Clash of Innocents by American author Sue Guiney. Somehow the book, which is about the lives of Cambodia expats, didn’t make it onto my radar...
View ArticleHot season is here. Are you ready?
This week hot season has arrived with a bang in Cambodia, and expats have responded with a whimper. The weather reports just don’t accurately describe our suffering. Today in Siem Reap it’s 100 degrees...
View ArticleLearning Khmer: Interview with a Khmer language teacher
You know you should learn Khmer, but have you done it? Khmer teacher Chhun Vanna has been instructing foreigners in the finer points of the Cambodian language for five years now. Today, she talks to us...
View ArticleQuiz! Russian Market or Orussey Market?
Real Phnom Penh expats know their way around the markets. And we’re not talking about Lucky Supermarket and Thai Huot. The panoply of local markets and specialty “areas” within each market requires...
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