I had intended to avoid Cambodia while I was in southeast Asia. It had opened up to tourism only four years before after decades of war, brutal genocide, and deprivation. The countryside was littered with landmines, armed militias were still the de facto authority in many areas…

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I like to think that wisdom is knowing that I was a fool yesterday, and tomorrow I’ll know I was a fool today, though hopefully not the same fool! I have a story from ten years ago that I have never told anyone (at least not in full) because it really does show me for a fool, but perhaps it might be a helpful lesson, or at the very least, amusing.

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