As you surf languidly through the tranquil sea waters, the surf lapping gently at your feet, you watch a majestic kite of many colours rise into the air and billow out like a giant sky jellyfish. Bang! All of a sudden you are propelled through the air like a human shuttlecock, the power of the wind shooting you through the sky in a great rush of adrenaline as you soar upwards at speeds of 70kph. This is kitesurfing, the bastard child of wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, and gymnastics and now you can try it within a few hours drive of Phnom Penh.
totallyrandomman talks to comedian and event organiser Jonathon Atherton about Phnom Penh’s first international stand up comedy night.
On Tuesday, December the 6th, there will be a landmark in the rapidly evolving cultural fabric of Phnom Penh. Pontoon will be hosting Cambodia’s first ever international stand-up comedy night.
totallyrandomman speaks to Performance Poet Kosal Khiev about his turbulent life, salvation through the spoken word and his plans for the future.
Born in a refugee camp on the Thai border, moved to California at the age of one, sucked into Californian gang culture in his teens, jailed for half his life for attempted murder, deported back to a country he can’t even remember; Kosal Khiev has certainly had an eventful life.
totallyrandomman speaks to "Body Poetry Series" founders Chris Crawford and Philip "PJ" Heijmans about the origins of the series and this Saturday's event; including performances by American poet John C Brown and spoken word slam poet and tattoo artist Kosal Khiev