Few are better qualified than Bill Grant to talk about the changing face of Phnom Penh. Johan Smits talks to the Scottish designer and landscape gardener who first settled in Phnom Penh in 1991.
When most people move home they leave their house where it’s standing, not so Darryl Collins, co-author of ‘Building Cambodia: ‘New Khmer Architecture’ 1953 to 1970’. When he moved from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap he took his newly acquired wooden house with him – piece by piece. Then he reassembled it....
With so many employers complaining about how difficult it is to find the right people, you might expect there to be fantastic opportunities out there for clever Cambodian graduates? Think again. Words by Johan Smits.
Visitors to Siem Reap often find themselves enamoured with the surprisingly cosmopolitan town and its excellent bars and restaurants. However, there is a perceived void in finding things to do during the daytime. AsiaLIFE took some time to delve into the various activities on offer around Siem Reap. Jed Byrom focused on things you can ride.
Like so many Cambodian’s Muoy You’s life was wrecked by the Khmer Rouge regime, now she is helping to rebuild the country of her birth through a novel approach to education. Words by Johan Smits.
