Category: Travel

Big Lies: get to know you game

Here is a great icebreaker I often use when training people. I am afraid I don’t know the source, but it is simple to play and a lot of fun. Check out these BIG LIES.

The concept is simple. Write down three statements about yourself, the catch is that one of the statements is true, while the other two are complely false. The team then votes to determine the true statement. Here are a couple of examples. Remember only one of these statements are true

  1. I have eaten dog in China and loved it.
  2. I have eaten crocodile in Kenya and liked it.
  3. I have eaten mouse on a stick in Malawi and hated it.

Guess which one is true about me! (more…)

The culture shock cycle

I found a great illustration that describes the cycle that we go through when we find ourselves in a cross-cultural situation … i think the interesting thing is that at any point of the cycle, we can choose to follow the high or the low reactions.

The link to the site where I found this is here.

culture shock cycle

I took my wife to the killing fields for our honeymoon. Never again.

I am obviously a born romantic. Where else but the Cambodian killing fields during our honeymoon? It was an incredible place to be. Neglected. Crowded. And alone. All at the same time.

In order to process my feelings I put together this video compiled from the photos and video that Supriya and I took in our visit to the Cambodia killing fields in February.

CAUTION: disturbing content

 

A horrific tragedy and a senseless loss. I only wish that genocides such as the Cambodia killing fields was not such a common event.

Mark Crocker