Field Notes — The Archive
Adventures & Travel Stories
Real stories from the road across 20+ countries — the good, the challenging, and everything in between.
Bikes for Cambodian Kids: 26 Bikes Built on Pure Grit
Buying bikes for Cambodian kids took one woman months of stubborn fundraising. Here's how 26 bikes reached students at a Siem Reap school.Read More →
Visiting Angkor Wat: 7 Honest Truths From My Sunrise Day
Visiting Angkor Wat: 7 Honest Truths From My Sunrise Day The plan was simple. My friend would pick me up at 5:30 a.m., we'd hit the…Read More →
Songkran Bangkok vs Siem Reap: My Brutal 3-Day Verdict
Songkran Bangkok vs Siem Reap: My Brutal 3-Day Verdict I had a full week blocked out for Songkran in Bangkok. Seven days, April 9th through the…Read More →
Cambodia Gave Me My Second Life — One Woman’s Expat Life in Cambodia
Editor's Note: This is a little different from my usual content — but when I sat down for coffee with Lisa in Siem Reap and heard…Read More →
ABCs and Rice Siem Reap: 1 Powerful NGO Changing 250 Kids’ Lives
ABCs and Rice Siem Reap: 1 Powerful NGO Changing 250 Kids' Live A Chance Meeting at Laundry Bar I wasn't looking for a story. I was…Read More →
Siem Reap Giant Puppet Parade: 8 Wild Glowing Creatures Hit the Streets
A Weekend of Culture: From Kites to Giant Glowing Puppets Sometimes Siem Reap just decides to stack up the experiences and hand them to you back…Read More →
Siem Reap Kite Festival: 1 Humbling Night at Cambodia’s Ancient Tradition
A Facebook Ad, a $2.50 Kite, and a Lesson in Humility I'd been scrolling Facebook sometime around the beginning of February when an ad stopped me…Read More →
Siem Reap Botanical Gardens: 1 Free Must-See Gem
Siem Reap Botanical Gardens: 1 Free Must-See Gem A Library That Wasn't a Library It started with a text message. A friend asked me to come…Read More →
Heartprint Hub Siem Reap: 11 Years of Hope in 1 Powerful Cafe
Heartprint Hub Siem Reap: 11 Years of Hope in One Powerful New Cafe Walking into Heartprint Hub Siem Reap on Angkor Night Market Street, you wouldn't…Read More →
Living in Siem Reap: Finding My Rhythm in Cambodia’s Temple Town
Living in Siem Reap: From Island Burnout to Finding My Rhythm in Cambodia's Temple Town I rolled into Siem Reap just before Christmas, fresh off two…Read More →
Living on a Cambodian Island: Month One Reality Check
Month One: Living on a Cambodian Island The boat engine cut out, and suddenly the only sounds were waves slapping against the hull and my own…Read More →
Koh Rong Sanloem: My First Week Living on Cambodia’s Jungle Island
Landing on Koh Rong Sanloem: Trading Mainland Life for Seven Months on a Cambodian Island The ferry cut through the Gulf of Thailand, leaving Sihanoukville's chaotic…Read More →
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