Ba Chuc, a Vietnamese community in the Mekong Delta, sits just across the border from Cambodia. On April 18, 1978, Khmer Rouge soldiers entered the village from Cambodia and massacred 3,157 men, women, and children — almost the entire population. Today the skulls of many of the victims are on display in an outdoor memorial. Statistics, […]
12 Photos: Day Of The Dead In Oaxaca, Mexico
On the night of October 30, 2014, after a scenic six-and-a-half-hour trip from Mexico City, my bus pulled into the city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. At last, after several years of wanting to be here, I was here, and just in time! In 2008, I sort of fell in love with Oaxaca through seeing […]
Voices: LeRoy Lawson from Tillamook, Oregon
Dr. LeRoy Lawson is originally from Tillamook, Oregon. He has served as President of Hope International University in Fullerton, California, as senior minister of Central Christian Church in Mesa, Arizona, and most recently as Professor of Christian Ministries at Emmanuel Christian Seminary in Johnson City, Tennessee. He has a Ph.D. in English. This is one way […]
Expanding Awareness Of Geography Through Travel
One morning on Ko Chang, Thailand, while sitting by the sea and preparing to breakfast on a pineapple pancake and a pineapple shake, I read a puzzling line in Simon Winchester’s book Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883. Winchester pointed out that the 1969 film Krakatoa: East of Java contains a glaring geographical error in […]
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