Sacred Skin at Phnom Penh Airport
Sacred Skin, my book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, for sale at Phnom Penh Airport, Monument Books.
But who’s the dodgy looking guy on the left?
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Kampot Pepper in Geographical
Published in November’s issue of Geographical Magazine, magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, was Bangkok based photographer’s Luke Duggleby’s feature on the reviving of Cambodia’s pepper industry after it was destroyed by the Khmer Rouge. I traveled to Kampot with Luke to write the story.
One of Cambodia’s best known exports prior to [...]
Walking on the Angkor Moon
In the words of Chinese traveler Chou Ta Kuan who lived in Angkor for a year in the 13th century: “When the king goes out, troops lead the escort; then come flags, banners and music. Palace women, numbering from three to five hundred, wearing clothes decorated with flowers, with flowers in their [...]
The Most Secret Place on Earth on pirate DVD….in Cambodia
On a recent trip to Cambodia, I noticed that my first non fiction book Beyond the Pancake Trench is still being sold as a bootleg photocopy in Siem Reap bookshops.
I was browsing the shelves of a pirate DVD shop in Phnom Penh a couple days ago, when I found, much to my surprise, that The [...]
The Moon Guide to Angkor
Am currently on the road in Cambodia to write a brand new guide to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.
Great to be on the road in 2012.
The book is due out in the autumn…
The Cambodian Space Project - The Movie
Film maker and long time collaborator Marc Eberle, has announced his new film project Rock Cambodia and is featured in a recent article in the Phnom Penh Post. This new feature documentary present the story of Srey Thy, the singer of The Cambodian Space Project, a Cambodia based music collective.
Read the full story here.
Watch [...]
2011 - Sacred Tattoos, The Daily Telegraph and RocknRoll!
2011 proved to be a mad, mad year for me and I’d like to thank all the people who supported me over the past twelve months. Living it all was almost too much. Here’s to the great times this year.
The publication of Sacred Skin, the first book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, was a major milestone [...]
Marc Eberle - Cutting Edge Films on Asia
Check out the new website of German film director Marc Eberle, a long time collaborator who specializes in directing cutting-edge documentaries on Asian subjects.
Marc has covered human trafficking on the Indian subcontinent (Nepal’s Sold Out Daughters, 2001), the world’s greatest gathering of human beings, the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India (The Greatest Show on [...]
Angkor by Bicycle for Silverkris (Singapore Inflight)
I was recently in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on assignment for Silverkris Magazine (Singapore Inflight). Every year the roads around the Angkor temples are becoming more clogged with traffic, which, as many studies have shown, slowly destroys the foundations of these magnificent monuments. To escape traffic fumes and crowds, some tourists opt for the humble bicycle [...]
Cambodia’s Pepper Uncovered in Geographical
In this month’s issue of Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society:
Reviving the spice of life
Pepper from Cambodia’s Kampot region was once world renowned, but the industry almost disappeared under the Khmer Rouge. Now, a new initiative is helping to reinject some spice into Kampot’s growers.
Luke Duggleby photographs. Tom Vater [...]
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