With memories of our tearful goodbyes to Binu’s family still lingering, Carissa and I were picked up at the Coimbatore airport by Princy’s mother and father, Immanuel Manoharan and Lilly Grace who is a as beautiful as her name. They immediately welcomed us into their home,...
During mine and Carissa’s flight from Cambodia to India, re-watching The 100-Foot Journey was great preparation for the experience that lie ahead. The movie is about a family from India who suffers the tragic loss of their mom (and wife) leading the father to move the...
Three years ago when I spent time in Cambodia I met tuk tuk driver Mao Khvan and we became friends. When it came time to depart to the airport, it was a lovely surprise for him to bring his sweet wife Lea and precious two...
Siem Reap Cambodia’s Santa Clara Hotel - Capturing Grace on a 16 flight, 5 week journey throughout Asia As our time in Cambodia came to a close, Siem Reap’s Santa Clara hotel provided the perfect place to rest up before our 9 hours of flights to...
Caught in an unending cycle of poverty the thousands living on Tonle Sap lake are unable to overcome their status of being a people without a country. Children born to those who survive on Tonle Sap are not issued birth certificates. Those who call the...
Ever since visiting Angkor Wat in 2016 I have wanted to return. Angkor Wat was built in the first half of the 12th century and is often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. Even though Angkor Wat is the most photographed Khmer monument,...
Each photograph represents a memorable moment in Cambodia, each is a story to be told, next stop Kochi India. ...
Carissa and I loved our stay at the Behemiaz Hotel in Phnom Penh, it was the perfect setting for processing photographs and writing stories for Alongsiders International. I have learned that trips can be so full of activity that the special moments God designed us to...
Chenda is 22 years old and bubbles over with enthusiasm in all that she does. Chenda works for Alongsiders International and is living proof of the difference a Big Sister can make. Chenda lost her mom at the age of three, followed by the loss...
Bunhak Heng Carissa and I are so grateful to Bunhak Heng for showing us around Phnom Penh before we departed for Siem Reap Cambodia. Bunhak, took us to the Russian Market, The Mekong Delta river and the very difficult, but moving, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. Our time...
