At first, I was sure they were birds. “How the hell did it get in here?” my boyfriend wondered as we lay in bed, staring up at the darkened ceiling. Outside the window, Siem Reap was settling in to the business of night time. Dogs woofed in the distance; somewhere across the way, a deep…
Category: Cambodia
Ratting Out Cambodia’s Landmines
I learned about the landmine-sniffing rats on my first day I was able to walk outside in Cambodia, which was my third day in the country. It took me so long to venture out because I’d somehow managed to pick up a cold in Hoi An, making me the first person in recorded history to…