Donald Gilliland
Biographical Info:
Donald Gilliland is a native of Florida who has been living in Bangkok for five years. For most of the past 20 years he worked in the retail music business, operating a record store in Florida and managing a chain operation in Bangkok. These days he teaches English part-time, works as a freelance writer and dreams of finishing the novel he started "several" years ago.
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Donald Gilliland's Recent Contributions
Youth in ruin: the other side of Angkor
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Each year an ever-increasing stream of tourists arrive in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the small town that serves at the gateway to the wondrous ancient temples of Angkor. These foreigners will visit the...
Destinations:
Cambodia |
Angkor
Topics:
People
Banteay Thom: Angkor's Mystery Temple
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The day's task was simple: which of Angkor's more than one hundred temples should we visit? Our touring group consisted of six people - one American and five Khmers - and all had considerable...
Destinations:
Siem Reap |
Cambodia
Topics:
Travel |
Ancient History |
Architecture
The Ghostly Vibes of Bokor
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It's late morning on top of Bokor and the clouds are rolling in, ready to encase the craggy mountaintop and tropical rainforest in its daily shroud of mist. Even though it is hot and toasty in nearby...
Destinations:
Cambodia |
Bokor
Topics:
National Parks |
Beaches & Resorts
Children of Cambodia
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A story told with photos.
Destinations:
Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
Topics:
Photography |
People |
For Kids
The Newsboy and the Nun
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My mid-January arrival in Phnom Penh was greeted by enthusiastic shouts and singing. Fleets of vehicles honked their horns and puttered slowly down the dusty potholed avenues of the city, a...
