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Showing posts with label Cambodia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambodia. Show all posts
21 October 2021

Lungo il Mekong: Incontri e riscontri in Cambogia e Laos (2021) di Marco Carnovale

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Un viaggio compiuto nel 2022, quando, a seguito di alcune disavventure professionali e sentimentali, decisi di cambiar vita. Un punto e a ca...
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06 February 2021

Recensione: Fantasmi: Dispacci dalla Cambogia, di Tiziano Terzani (2008) ****

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Sinossi La Cambogia è stato uno dei grandi amori di Tiziano Terzani. La storia di questo piccolo regno, che custodisce al suo interno i mist...
29 January 2021

Book review: The Gate, by François Bizot (2004), *****

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Synopsys In 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer R...
27 January 2021

Recensione: Mekong Story. Lungo il cuore d'acqua del Sud-Est asiatico (2006) di Massimo Morello,

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Sinossi Giornalista e viaggiatore, Massimo Morello presenta questo diario di viaggio nel Sud-Est asiatico lungo il Mekong: dal delta, sul Ma...
28 December 2020

Recensione libro: Caduti dal Muro (2009) di Paolo Ciampi e Tito Barbini, *****

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Sinossi   C'era una volta il Muro e sembrava dovesse esarci per sempre. Poi però il Muro si sbriciolò e con esso crollò un impero che da...
09 December 2011

Map Review: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Freytag & Berndt, ****

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Description Explore Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia with this Freytag&Berndt road map. The best way to plan your trip, prepare your itinerar...
02 September 2004

Book Review: Cambodia, by Anita Sach, *****

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Synopsis A guide to the cultural attractions of this emerging destination. Explore the grand ruins of Ankor Wat's temples, as well as...
08 May 2004

Book Review: "Sideshow: Nixon, Kissinger and the Destruction of Cambodia", by W. Shawcross, ****

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Synopsis Although there are many books and films dealing with the Vietnam War, Sideshow tells the truth about America's secret and ille...
22 October 2002

Book review: Voices of S-21 (1999) by David Chandler, ****

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Synopsys The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of t...
12 September 2002

Book Review: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh (2000), by Amit Gilboa, ****

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Synopsis Phnom Penh in the 1990s is a city of beauty and degradation, tranquillity and violence, and tradition and transformation; a city...
03 September 2002

Book Review: Meet the Akhas (1996) by Jim Goodman, ****

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A comprehensive introduction to the Akha hill tribals of Northern Thailand and their way of life includes a language section to enable you t...
02 September 2002

Bibliography: Books on Cambodia and Laos

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ON BOTH COUNTRIES Morello, Massimo: " Mekong Story. Lungo il cuore d'Acqua del Sud-Est asiatico ", (Milano, Touring Club Itali...
31 August 2002

Book Review: "First they killed my father", by Loung Ung, *****

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Synopsis An unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions from a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime. ...
16 August 2002

9. - 16 AUG: Border crossing into Laos, dolphins, Dong Khong

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The last leg of the Mekong ride in Cambodia is the most difficult and adventurous. There is no scheduled public service from Stung Treng to ...
15 August 2002

8. - 15 AUG: Sambok monastery, and from Kratie to Stung Treng

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Early in the morning we try and visit the Sombok monastery, the main cultural interest in Kratie, but it is about 10 kilometers out of town ...
14 August 2002

7. - 14 AUG: From Phnom Penh to Sambok, near Kratie

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Sailing upstream Again we are up at the crack of dawn. At the capital’s boat jetty, a few peddlers offer drinks and snacks. One, improbabl...
13 August 2002

6. - 13 AUG: Phnom Penh prison, killing fields, shooting range, massage at the restaurant and dancing!

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I did not expect this to be a day of such intense and contrasting emotions, but here it was. In a few hours I had visited Khmer Rouge tortur...
12 August 2002

5. - 12 AUG: Vietnamese village and departure to Phnom Penh

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Waking up at the crack of dawn was not so hard as I expected, even after several long days of uninterrupted walking in the jungle and amidst...
11 August 2002

4. - 11 AUG: Beyond Angkor: silk, coconut, miniatures and land mines

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More Angkor A second day at the ruins of Angkor and I begin to feel more comfortable in the company of the Khmer gods. The initial awe giv...
10 August 2002

3. - 10 AUG: Angkor, Majestic Ruins and Tragic History

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The mid-afternoon squall hit with but a few minutes’ warning. I was in the middle of a large courtyard at Ta Prom, negotiating my way amidst...