Cambodia around the web

Pol Pot survivor Chum Mey with author Steve Mariotti

• Everyone's talking about poop in Cambodia
• The Daily Traveler offers an insder's view of Cambodia, were you can watch history happening
• That bizarre re-creation of Angkor Wat is still going up in India, says Huff Post Religion, and it will be the world's largest religious monument
• Cambodia's marching monks don't want a dam built, says Al Jazeera
• An Australian house inspired by Angkor Wat temples

Want to learn more about Cambodia, its history, culture and people? Come along and hear me speak about my new book, "Destination Cambodia," at Cronulla Library:

 
Walter Mason - Author Talk

When: 6:30PM, 19 Nov 2013

Where: Cronulla Library 38-60 Croydon Street, Cronulla,

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

"For, until the arrival of the French in the second half of the ninetenth century, Cambodians whether royalty or commoners knew virtually nothing of the distant past. Angkor, it is true, had remained a site for Buddhist pilgrimage and the distinctive towers of its most famous temple, Angkor Wat, had appeared on a coin struck during King Ang Duang's reign in the middle of the nineteenth century. But no-one in the kingdom had known why the temples of Angkor had been built nor who had ruled there."

~ p. 43, "Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness" by Milton Osborne  

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks! 

Walter Mason Talks About Angkor Wat

Just a reminder that I will be giving a talk about the wonderful Angkor Wat next week on the 24th of October. Details:

Angkor Wat: The Beauty and Spiritual Significance of Cambodia's Great Forgotten City

At the Southern Cross Academy of Light
Monday, 24th October 2011
St John’s Uniting Church Hall, cnr of Yeo Street and Barry Street, Neutral Bay. Enter off Barry Street. Session starts 7:30pm. Entry Fee: $15, concession $10.

Forgotten for centuries in the jungles of Cambodia, Angkor Wat was once the world's greatest and most sophisticated city. Re-discovered by French explorers in the nineteenth century, this massive stone structure was both a political and a religious centre, built to illustrate the creation myths of Hinduism, and later accommodating many of the schools of Buddhism. In this fascinating talk Walter will take us through the stories, history and meanings of the great temple of Angkor Wat.


Walter Mason is a travel writer whose book on Vietnam, Destination Saigon, was named by the Sydney Morning Herald as one of the 10 best travel books of 2010.
Walter is currently at work on his next book, a spiritual journey through Cambodia. He is also in the final stages of writing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Western Sydney's Writing & Society Research Group, where he is writing a history of self-help literature in Australia."