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Thank You Cambodia

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While exploring ancient temples packed with tourists around Siem Reap, we tried to imagine what these places looked like thousands of years ago. We imagined the intricate and enormous temples empty of tourists and full of orange robed monks and majestic elephants. We gawked at the sheer enormity of the temples that were now being...

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Culture and Geography: Kangding to Tagong

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text letter_spacing=””]From Home Office The Tibet Crew crested above 14,000 ft. (see photo) on their way into Tagong and their first “cultural sensitivity” lesson:  After the course curriculum guide was edited for politically sensitive content by our Tibetan NGO director, our local guide asked for even more “editing” – meaning pages ripped out – his...

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Reflecting on Opportunity

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While watching the kids live through their daily lives, I realized how numb I’ve become to my privilege back at home. I talked a lot to a child named Jesus, and as we read picture books together, we were equally teaching each other our respective languages. For me, the Spanish I learned has become helpful...

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