CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 2 Nov 2011 | Views [942]
Work has taken over our lives! We are back to the rat race. Not really. This picture is of my occasional office. We go to a family living centre to plant seeds for distribution to the villages (once the floods have dropped). I am now professor ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011 | Views [953] | Comments [1]
An update on the floods. You have probably seen pictures of Thailand and the Cambodian border on the news. It has been particularly bad there. But here we are fine. The river rises and falls depending on the water upriver but Battambang has enough ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 6 Oct 2011 | Views [567]
Recently we visited the temples of Angkor Wat. Nothing prepares you for the size and scale of the temples. Built during the golden era of Angkor from AD 802 to 1432 when the God Kings strove to build the biggest and the best (now we would build a ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 6 Oct 2011 | Photo Gallery
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CAMBODIA | Saturday, 24 Sep 2011 | Views [1051]
It is P'Chum Ben. This is one of the many festivals here. P'Chum Ben is a Buddhist festival; so there are calls from the Wat at 3am each morning to wake us up. Everyone has an allocated time they go to the Wat to give an offering. Food is also ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Monday, 12 Sep 2011 | Views [3046] | Comments [2]
Weekends here for us usually involve kids activities and bicycle excursions. There are swimming lessons and Jan coaches the kids in soccer. But when we can we get the bikes out and go off exploring. Taking any of the roads from the town you ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Monday, 12 Sep 2011 | Photo Gallery
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CAMBODIA | Thursday, 8 Sep 2011 | Views [345]
For some light relief this week I will list some menu items where maybe the English is not quite right! As we mentioned before Cambodians pretty much eat anything and everything. Here are some specials: Squid pregnancy deep fried - for the seafood ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 4 Sep 2011 | Views [274]
Now we have been here a while it is important to acknowledge Cambodia's history. From April 1975 to 1979 the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot was in force. The background is very dark and implicates USA, China and others. Essentially the US continued ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Saturday, 27 Aug 2011 | Views [760]
Wats, or temples are a feature of Cambodia. As a Buddhist country a large slice of life involves the local Wat. Males from a young age can become a monk - for any period of time. There are nuns as well but far fewer. Monks are everywhere in ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Saturday, 27 Aug 2011 | Photo Gallery
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CAMBODIA | Friday, 19 Aug 2011 | Views [1455]
Cambodia has a huge variety of housing. Some people literaly sling up a hammock and that is home. Washing and cooking are done outdoors. I have put up a few photos showing types of housing. Those that can afford it have the modern concrete house ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Friday, 19 Aug 2011 | Photo Gallery
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CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011 | Views [876]
We started swim lessons yesterday after a couple of weeks of planning. There is great sensitivity around swimming as one of the CCT children drowned about a year ago. So it has taken some time for anyone to mention the idea. However, the day ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011 | Photo Gallery
We start swim lessons; plus the winning team!
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CAMBODIA | Thursday, 4 Aug 2011 | Views [956]
You probably wonder what life is like in Battambang unless you have been to Cambodia. But even then it is different from Phnom Penh or Siem Reap. For a start there are few Westerners. Tourists tend to come here for one day or so to see the Bamboo ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 28 Jul 2011 | Views [468]
Monday dawns and we set off for our fist class at 7.30am. Generally school is 7 - 11am with some classes in the afternoon. But first some background: Cambodian Childrens Trust ( www.cambodianchildrenstrust.org ) has 4 centres. The main one is a large ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 28 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
Our new town!
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CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 26 Jul 2011 | Views [277]
We arrived in Battmbang Saturday 23 July. A 6 hour bus ride complete with Cambodian TV. Full blast, Karaoke, Action monk movies and tragic love song videos. Unbeatable entertainment. Overall a good bus ride; as long as you like to stop a lot; chat, ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Friday, 22 Jul 2011 | Views [408]
Fri 22 July. After a freezing last night in Adelaide (thanks Gwen and Ken for housing us); we flew to Phnom Penh via Singapore. Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia; whereas Phnom Penh is true Asia. Arriving was a calm affair with a very organised ... Read more >
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