Our climate adaptation mission gets a boost when we do our first “field survey” of communities in Cambodia which have already successfully adapted to rising water levels. The two days we spend visiting with the families on the water are…
Rural Cambodia
In the rice paddies, farmers transplant the young rice seedlings Wait! Are we in Nicaragua or Cambodia? Classic thatch wall, house on stilts. This is Cambodia, but it could be rural Nicaragua (Rosita)… “same same”, but different. Note the huge…
Video: Staring Down Climate Change ~ Flood Resilience in a Community on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Our lives and our Green global trek have taken a sharp right turn into the realm of climate adaptation. For this Asian chapter of our lives, we aim to learn from field observations which solutions already exist for populations that…
Foodie update: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Cambodia’s complex heritage and artistic culture is a driving force behind Cambodia’s economic rebirth and attempts at returning post Khmer Rouge to normalcy. Job creation, income generation and artistic impression finds itself through carving of wood and stone, bamboo and…
Kingdom of Cambodia: Green global trek takes us to Phnom Penh
A one hour flight from Da Nang takes us to Saigon (Ho Chi Min City). We are not going to spend any time in this big bustling city, but are here to visit two bamboo factories, in the area around…
Foodie update ~ Market in Hoi An, Viet Nam.
Markets hold a special place in our Green Global Trek. Markets are the very heart of a culture and it is where one can observe and be a part of true daily life. For us, the feeling of being in…
Big News: We have our first “home” base in Viet Nam ~ Hoi An
Well, it wasn’t love at first sight. But Hoi An sure grew on us rapidly. We arrived in Hoi An (in the center of the country) and our first impression was of some disappointment. The result of being named a…
Travel in Viet Nam ~ fly or take the train?
Every source we read said “take the train- it’s an adventure”. The logic seemed sound – while the “flight” is only 1 hour from Hanoi to Da Nang (in Central Vietnam), by the time you go to the airport 2…