The Secret Map
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“The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.”― Alex Garland, The Beach ”What’s your passion?” an inquisitive new roommate asked as I was rummaging through the jumbled mess of my backpack. It was January 2015, and we’d both recently arrived at beach guesthouse ‘Done Right’, on the outskirts of Cambodian…
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There’s a point in time after yet another reckless headfirst turn into a hurtling fury of construction vehicles that your heart ceases to alien-burst through your chest and you just decide to lean back and accept your fate. As with other aspects of Cambodia’s recent development, the journey along the two-lane highway between Phnom Penh…
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