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Lara Dunston is a Cambodia based Travel & Food Writer and has regular gigs with:
The Guardian, CNN, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, The Independent, Telegraph, National Geographic Traveler / Traveller, Get Lost, Wanderlust, Travel+Leisure SEA, DestinAsian, AFAR. Read more here.

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GRANTOURISMO TRAVELS

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SIEM REAP RETREATS

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TERENCE CARTER PHOTOGRAPHY

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Just in case you missed it, we’ve posted on Gran

Just in case you missed it, we’ve posted on Grantourismo about moving house during the pandemic, with loads of tips on staying safe if you find yourselves having to move over coming weeks and months, based on research we did before the move and the mistakes we made during the move — so you can avoid them!
Moving is the last thing anyone wants to do. But many of us didn’t have a choice after losing work, clients, projects, and income. Moving is stressful enough as it is, but it’s even more so when your health/life is at risk.
Shortly before we moved house at the end of March, a supportive friend (thank you @teganwest ) gently reminded me that moving was one of the most stressful things in life after the death of a loved-one, getting divorced and separating.
It helped me to accept why we were feeling so anxious about moving.
Not only were we moving house, we were moving house during a pandemic.
What were we thinking?! Click through to the link in the bio if you’re reading this on IG or below if you’re on FB.
https://grantourismotravels.com/moving-house-during-a-pandemic-tips-staying-safe/

And, yes, that’s Pepper on the sofa, one of the reasons we didn’t try to get on the last flights out of Cambodia back to Australia in March.
#moving #movinghouse #movingout #movinginapandemic #pandemiclife #quarantinelife #coronavirus #coronaviruslife #tips #advice #pandemic #covid19 #stayingsafe #expatlife #expatlife #grantourismotravels #cats #catsofinstagram #thethingswedoforourcats

Just in case you missed it, we posted our sourdoug

Just in case you missed it, we posted our sourdough starter discard crackers recipe on Grantourismo. It makes a crispy cracker that’s a little salty, a tad spicy, a tiny bit tangy, and utterly addictive.
Triangular in shape, they’re perfect for scooping up dips and they’re probably the easiest crackers you’ll ever make.
They’ll hopefully inspire you to test out more sourdough starter discard recipes if you’ve been baking sourdough bread and wondering what to do with the starter you’re discarding. We have lots more recipes on the site.

Swipe for a pic of Terence making the dough on the pasta maker.

Link in bio if you’re seeing this on IG and below on FB.

https://grantourismotravels.com/sourdough-starter-discard-crackers-recipe/

#sourdough #sourdoughbread #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughdiscard #sourdoughstarterdiscard #recipe #recipes #baking #bakingfromscratch #homebaking #homebaker #homebaked #crackers #crisps #snacks #sourdoughcrackers #food #foodporn #foodphotography #foodwriter #quarantinecooking #pandemiccooking #isocooking #cooking #cookingathome #selfisolation #selfisolating #stayingathome

Dreaming of getting out on the road and travelling

Dreaming of getting out on the road and travelling again... Cambodia. Luang Prabang. Central Vietnam. Northeastern Thailand. Myanmar, so many places in Myanmar. And Australia — road tripping around Australia: Southwest Western Australia, the Pilbara, Broome and the Kimberley, the Top End, the Red Centre, the Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, all the South Australian wine regions, the entire coast of New South Wales, the Hawkesbury, the Outback of every state... I could go on and on.

For some reason I’m yearning more to return to places I know intimately rather than places I’ve never been. That’s today, anyway. I think I’ve been indoors for far too long. Where are you dreaming of travelling to in the future?
Pictured: somewhere between Lang Co and Hue, Central Vietnam.

#vietnam #southeastasia #asia #travel #slowtravel #localtravel #experientialtravel #roadtrips #travelphotography #instatravel #traveldeeper #exploremore #neverstopexploring #goexplore #igtravel #travelgram #wanderlust #dreamingoftravel #bucketlist #travelbucketlist #postcorona #beautifuldestinations #picoftheday #clouds #cloudscape #ricepaddies #farmland #mountains

In case you missed it, a new post on Grantourismo:

In case you missed it, a new post on Grantourismo: our sourdough crumpets recipe to put your sourdough starter discard to use, so it doesn’t go to waste, to make authentic English crumpets.
They’re absolutely delicious with lashings of butter and dollops of homemade jam. They don’t take long to make, so like the sourdough scallion pancakes they’ll inspire you to try more sourdough starter discard recipes.

And some behind the scenes pics in our kitchen here in Siem Reap.

Link in bio if you’re seeing this on IG and below on FB.

https://grantourismotravels.com/sourdough-crumpets-recipe/

#sourdough #sourdoughbread #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughdiscard #sourdoughstarterdiscard #recipe #recipes #baking #bakingfromscratch #homebaking #homebaker #homebaked #crumpets #sourdoughcrumpets #food #foodporn #foodphotography #foodwriter #quarantinecooking #pandemiccooking #isocooking #cooking #cookingathome #selfisolation #selfisolating #stayingathome

Storm approaching... looks like the monsoon season

Storm approaching... looks like the monsoon season is finally starting.
The gorgeous green season is our favourite time of year, because we get to absorb lush landscapes like this one in Battambang, and not the parched brown lands of the last six months.
It doesn’t rain everyday all season during monsoon. It’s a myth that there are two seasons (wet and dry), rather the weather patterns of each month are a little different to eachother and more like the many seasons of Australia’s tropical north as described with great nuance by our original Aboriginal Australians (see my post on monsoon myths (link in bio) for more about that). With many flights resuming in June-July and restrictions relaxing around the world, do consider Cambodia for your first trip overseas.
Apart from being so beautiful, Cambodia’s last patient with COVID-19 was discharged from hospital yesterday. Cambodia is now officially coronavirus-free and there wasn’t a single death from the virus. I’ll be posting more on that and coronavirus in Southeast Asia later today.

See the links below and in our bio if you’re reading this in IG for more on the monsoon season in Cambodia:
https://grantourismotravels.com/rainy-season-in-cambodia/

https://grantourismotravels.com/the-myths-about-monsoon-in-cambodia/

https://grantourismotravels.com/things-to-do-in-siem-reap-when-it-rains/

#siemreap #cambodia #southeastasia #asia #travel #traveller #travelwriter #traveldeeper #experientialtravel #immersivetravel #slowtravel #localtravel #grantourismotravels #ig_travel #igtravel #monsoon #rainyseason #greenseason #wetseason #mythsaboutmonsoon #beautifulplaces #beautifuldestinations

In case you missed it: on Grantourismo we posted a

In case you missed it: on Grantourismo we posted a recipe for these homemade sausage rolls with smoky eggplant and pork mince recipe.

It makes a delicious Cambodian-inspired sausage roll that takes its inspiration from a classic Cambodian dish of char-grilled eggplant with minced pork, stir-fried with fermented soybeans.
We recently posted a recipe for that dish as well, as part of a series of Cambodian barbecue recipes that @terence_carter_photography is researching and writing.
These sausage rolls are a little funky, a little salty, and a little sweet, and we just love the way they turned out.
Link here and in bio:
https://grantourismotravels.com/homemade-sausage-rolls-with-smoky-eggplant-and-pork-mince/

Do tag us if you make them. We’d love to see a pic! 😋

#cambodia #khmer #food #australia #australianfood #cambodianfood #cambodiancuisine #australiancuisine #meatpies #sausagerolls #cambodiancooking #khmerfood #khmercuisine #khmercooking #culinaryhistory #history #foodwriter #foodwriting #cookbook #cambodiancookbook #grantourismo #grantourismotravels #recipe #recipes #comfortfood

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