We’re nearing the end of our run here and both Art and I are tired and ready to come home to California. (I’m sure Art’s wife is ready too) It will take some time to process everything I have seen and gotten footage of and now I am about to embark on the exciting third [&hellip…
Being back a day early has left Art and I with little to do on this hot and humid Sunday. We sleep in for a change and head back to shoot W’aht Phnom’s pagoda from a distance since we were banned from filming there. We find a spot to get a good shot with the [&hellip…
After the pleasant fare on the menu the night before at the hotel restaurant, I opt to skip breakfast altogether. I have no desire to get sick or have to use a bathroom here after a rather vivid description of a local water closet and the need to “deet” my backside because of the amount [&hellip…
Was it only last weekend I was complaining about the road to the village in Battambang? We didn’t know how good we had it. Poor Nin, she of the car sick prone constitution, is once again installed in the front seat of our decrypted van as we bounce and slide precariously along on the road [&hellip…
Today was a fairly light film day. Art and I went out to get some establishing shots of the city and made sure to have our hotel call for Vantha, our favorite Tuk Tuk driver. We made the mistake of not using him yesterday instead of waiting for him. Art wanted to film a sunset [&hellip…
It has been the most rewarding and amazing day. We were a little nervous as we headed to Chharram’s street corner, worried that his mother would change her mind at the last moment. Chharram was grinning from ear to ear when we pulled up. His little sister jumped into my arms and his mother greeted [&hellip…
It’s amazing how I keep winding up back at a place I never want to see again – Stung Meanchy. We pass the dump’s sign on the way in which reads “Helping to keep Phnom Penh beautiful” Ironic words for the ugliness that lies within. We get there early before the worst heat of the [&hellip…
Art and I got up at 5:30 this morning to head out to the riverfront and shoot some footage. As many of you already know, I am totally not a morning person and there’s nothing harder than trying to be cheerful in front of someone you don’t know that well because you don’t want to [&hellip…
By now we should own stock in White Rose restaurant in Battambang. I wonder if the staff, which includes a couple of fairly little boys who clean and bus, actually leave or if they sleep there. We have been there for breakfast, lunch and dinner our entire stay and the only thing that changes is [&hellip…
Our seven am wake up call finds Nin and I ready to go, but there is no sign of the boys in the room next door. I rap on the door to see what the delay is and discover them watching a movie with Britney Daniel it in – the actress we met at the [&hellip…