Wednesday, 2 Sep 2009 | Views [437]
The last few days have been brilliant. The Mekong Delta tour was a bit of a disappointment as it rained heavily and for a boat trip we seemed to spend a lot of it on buses! It was still enjoyable though. We finished up in Saigon which was brilliant. ... Read more >
Wednesday, 26 Aug 2009 | Views [419]
Tuesday we were on our way to breakfast when we were told the director's grandfather (not actual grandfather but the man who looked after him when he was orphaned as a child) had died. He had died at 5am and at 7am all the kids from the orphanage and ... Read more >
Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [1091] | Comments [1]
Hey all's still going well in Bang Melea. We've been out there for two weeks without coming back into the city so sleeping last night without being woken up by the noise of cows/pigs/babies crying/the monk's drum beating at 4am was quite nice! All's ... Read more >
Saturday, 1 Aug 2009 | Views [783]
We are back in Siem Reap for a few hours while waiting on a bus to Battambang where we are spending the weekend. We have been at the new project for two weeks. It is brilliant. We are working with an orphange/school for orphans, poor and homeless. Over ... Read more >
Tuesday, 28 Jul 2009 | Views [438]
the first project is now finished! it took us two days extra than planned. it went brilliantly and the kids loved the sports. they were huge fans of tug-of-war, rounders and skittles - all new games for them. Each day there were less and less kids ... Read more >
Friday, 17 Jul 2009 | Views [421] | Comments [1]
the first part of the project is painting a new building of a school (the other buildings are also undecorated, just concrete walls etc but you have to start somewhere...). it's going well so far. we have sandpapered, primed and painted the whole exterior ... Read more >
Sunday, 12 Jul 2009 | Views [407]
After Bangkok we headed to Kanchanaburi which is a few hours north of Bangkok. It was much more enjoyable than Bangkok - quieter and less in your face. We hired bicycles and cycled out to these caves where there were loads of buddhist statues etc it ... Read more >
