Jaz with her students

School vacation begins! That calls for a beer!!!

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April 3rd 2009
This is the last week of school in Cambodia before a three-week holiday for Khmer New Year. Many people travel for the holiday to visit family in faraway villages, so school attendance drops even before the “vacation” officially begins. Also contributing to the chaos of this last week is the fact that there isn’t a standardized calendar, so different schools finish on different days. But the ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more