- 23 Mar 2021
Protected: Theater 4, a short story from Qatar.
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Protected: The Little Pronghorn, a short story from Qatar.
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Protected: Like It Too Much, a short story from Qatar.
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- 17 Mar 2021
Protected: Baptism of Fire, a short story from Qatar.
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- 15 Mar 2021
Pulp Friction, a short story from Qatar.
Pulp Friction, a short story from Qatar. In the summer of 2001 I boarded a near-empty Qatar Airways flight to Doha. Reuniting with my family who’d recently moved there for my father’s new job, it was my first time living abroad. —— I’d been kicking around Doha for around six to seven weeks by the […]
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- 13 Mar 2021
Protected: Khalifa Dreams, a short story from Qatar.
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- 11 Mar 2021
Protected: Ashraf, a short story from Qatar.
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R.I.P Kool Kampot Guesthouse, Kampot.
Kool Kampot Guesthouse, Kampot. July-September, 2020. I’m sure Sladja and I will never forget our first chaotic days in Kampot. As digital nomads with very specific accommodation needs, it often felt like our entire Cambodian adventure saw us perpetually on the edge of professional disaster. We make our money from blogging and teaching, both of […]
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Where to Eat and Drink in Kampot.
Where to Eat and Drink, Kampot. August 2020. Following individual articles on Bookish Bazaar, Cafe Espresso and Hotel Old Cinema and Tertulia Restaurant here’s my bumper roundup of all the other food and drink spots we visited during our two month stay in the Cambodian city of Kampot. There are countless coffee joints in Kampot. But if […]
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The Iconic Hotel Old Cinema in Kampot.
Hotel Old Cinema, Kampot. August 2020. Of all the places Sladja and I dined at during our time in Kampot, nowhere could match the charm and atmosphere of Hotel Old Cinema. Dating back to the 1930s, the building began life as a Chinese theatre called Maison de theatre le grandeur. During its golden years, they put on […]
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- 03 Mar 2021
Bookish Bazaar in Kampot.
Bookish Bazaar, Kampot. August 2020. There’s a well-worn saying about sleepy towns that goes something like: “It’s small and relaxed, but has everything you need”. Unfortunately, this doesn’t apply to the charming Cambodian outpost of Kampot. In fact, one of the things that struck me during our two month stay is how, if we lived here, […]
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- 01 Mar 2021
Cafe Espresso, Kampot.
Cafe Espresso, Kampot. August 2020. During our first weeks in Kampot, Sladja and I spent a good chunk of time exploring the local coffee scene. Before long, there was a name that kept cropping up again and again. In online comment threads, through face to face recommendations and in overheard snippets of conversations, it swiftly […]
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Traveling the world, one country at a time.
R.I.P. Leighton Literature 2014-2019
