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Climb aboard my sweaty, slum-filled Cambodian ride
Hello. My name is Allan and I’m an AYAD. Photo by Anthony Rae It stands for Australian Youth Ambassador for Development. Please don’t turn away when you read this. I swear it isn’t a political party or...
View ArticleThe slums of Phnom Penh: working with child drug users
At one stage I counted ten young street children injecting heroin in the alley around me. Monks slowly walked by on their morning alms. For a Westerner it was an unexpected juxtaposition. We had...
View ArticleA study of the Young Expat
I’d like to present a study of the sometimes misunderstood mammal that is the Young Expat. The Young Expat is not, as first thought, aggressive towards humans. Many Expats actually feast upon a...
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Bowing to the hierarchy: the challenges of working in Cambodia
Moving internationally to undertake an assignment in a developing country is a fairly challenging affair. Roles can be undefined, work plans unclear, language difficulties a barrier, plus a host of...
View ArticleIntroducing the Tuk-Tuk Sessions
Like all great ideas, it was conceived as on a night out. My mate Rory and I had spent the night at a rock & roll bar called Zeppelins, famous for its temperamental Taiwanese DJ who surrounds...
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Phnom Penh: less charming quirks, more daily annoyances
Unlike the layer of sweat ever present upon my forehead, the shine and glitz of Phnom Penh has begun to wane. What Crikey readers might view as an interesting odd spot most likely serves as a mundane...
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Andong, Cambodia: how Friends can help a displaced community
When I ask Sitrin if I can ride with the Wisebird team to the Andong community a wide grin explodes across his face. He grasps at my hand and shouts “Yes! Of course Allan, of course!” Sitrin talks...
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Mountains worth crying over: Laos by motorbike
My fellow volunteer buddies and I decided the best way to see Laos would be by motorbike. I’m not talking scooters, I’m talking off road monsters — 250cc Honda XR beasts. Ten days of dirty, filthy...
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Zipping through the jungles of Laos
There are worse ways to spend Christmas then zip lining in the southern jungles of Laos. We began our journey in the small dusty village of Ban Nongluang, two hours drive from Pakse. Dust covered...
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Jumping cat spotting in Myanmar
Stepping my way past smiling custom officials I was somewhat apprehensive as what to expect from Myanmar. I hadn’t read much about Myanmar, but from what I’d seen posted on the internet over the past...
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