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15 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

10 places to avoid visiting

Costas Christ wrote a piece on National Geographic Adventure’s blog about 10 places to avoid visiting. He writes: “I am a firm believer that travel, no matter the destination, can be a powerful learning experience. In fact, some of my worst trips have been among the most interesting. They are the places I still tell […]

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09 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Family Visiting

My mom and brother are coming to visit! Yeah! This is exciting news! I have been based in Cambodia for three years and this is the first time anyone in my family is coming to visit. I thought perhaps one of my cousins would be the first – but it looks like my mom and […]

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29 December 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Tell us YOUR opinion

If a businessman rakes in a hefty profit while doing good works, is that charity or greed? Do you applaud or hiss? Share your thoughts. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/opinion/25kristof.html?th&emc=th http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2008/12/25/opinion/25kristof.html

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21 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Thank you to the best supporters in the world :-)

Wow! I have great friends! And we have fabulous PEPY supporters. I have said this before, and I’ll say it again…. we have the BEST supporters in the world at PEPY. We just put out our PEPY 2008 Video with a call to action: Help us work with the community to build Chanleas Dai’s first junior […]

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21 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

PEPY Book Club: Just Another Emperor

We have picked our next Book Club book…. one which relates to PEPY and is available for download for free online! No reason not to join us! http://pepyride.ning.com/forum/topics/pepy-book-club-just-another

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15 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

PEPY Tours Hotel/Restaurant Partnerships

We have been meeting with more hotels, now that we are based in Siem Reap, and wanted to put our thoughts and methodologies out onto the interweb. Here goes! ———————————————————————————————————————- PEPY looks to partner with local and socially responsible organizations when operating our educational tours. We pick our hotels, restaurants, tour operators, and partner organizations […]

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22 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

What makes YOU happy?

Who knew that science could be so right on? http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?D=3022&utm_source=nov08&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3_Science

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