Wednesday, August 24, 2011
MY LAST POST FROM CAMBODIA!!
To be more accurate, this is my last post about Cambodia. I am currently updating my blog from Pai, Thailand. I left Cambodia about a week and a half ago and have been traveling around Thailand since. On my last day in Phnom Penh I went to the Russian Market to get my last minute shopping done and eat at my favorite food stall, which serves Vietnamese noodles. Maybe I should have gone for some Khmer food you say? I think I had enough in the 2+ months.
Goodbye Cambodia! Thank you for a great summer!
Khmer Dancing
The kids who are a part of the BSDA's Mekong Kampuchea's Kids Project put on a dance performance for our students after we had worked on our service projects:
a night out in phnom penh
At the Heart of Darkness in Phnom Penh with Katie and our Slovakian volleyball player friend:
Lily and Pauline:
Monday, August 8, 2011
a little something not quite each day while i'm away
So while this attempt at blogging has been much more successful than my first go, I have definitely failed at providing a something everyday. There are a few reasons for this...
1. lack of internet access at times
2. not owning my own computer
3. I'm busy! (leading programs is quite time consuming)
4. laziness
I'll leave you to figure out which is the main reason... one hint... it's number is divisible by 4.
So for an update as to what I've been up to... the From the Ground Up program finished at the end of July. I then had one week in Phnom Penh and am currently finishing up a week running a program called the Cambodia Orphanage Project back out in Kampong Cham province. I have pictures to add from the last 2 weeks but lack the energy to post them now (my camera cord is in another room, it would be a lot of work).
I only have 4 more days left of working in Cambodia. I have mixed emotions towards this. I have really enjoyed my time in Cambodia and am sad to leave it and the friends I have made here. On the other hand, I am about to go traveling around Thailand for 3 1/2 weeks, so I can't really complain. I am currently planning on visiting Bangkok, Chiang Mai and some of the islands in the south. And then returning to NY on September 5th. Not a bad way to end my summer in SE Asia.
So, I will try to post more, but can't promise much. Well, I promise I will post a lot in September... but try my very hardest to throw some Thailand pictures up as I travel.
Now to get some sleep so I can enjoy my last days in Cambodia which will include one more day working at the orphanage, a crazy dance party with the Khmer kids and Rustic students, a boat ride around the floating villages and crocodile farms near Siem Riep, a visit to Siem Riep's night market, one last sunrise at Angkor Wat and a night in a city I have grown to love, Phnom Penh!
1. lack of internet access at times
2. not owning my own computer
3. I'm busy! (leading programs is quite time consuming)
4. laziness
I'll leave you to figure out which is the main reason... one hint... it's number is divisible by 4.
So for an update as to what I've been up to... the From the Ground Up program finished at the end of July. I then had one week in Phnom Penh and am currently finishing up a week running a program called the Cambodia Orphanage Project back out in Kampong Cham province. I have pictures to add from the last 2 weeks but lack the energy to post them now (my camera cord is in another room, it would be a lot of work).
I only have 4 more days left of working in Cambodia. I have mixed emotions towards this. I have really enjoyed my time in Cambodia and am sad to leave it and the friends I have made here. On the other hand, I am about to go traveling around Thailand for 3 1/2 weeks, so I can't really complain. I am currently planning on visiting Bangkok, Chiang Mai and some of the islands in the south. And then returning to NY on September 5th. Not a bad way to end my summer in SE Asia.
So, I will try to post more, but can't promise much. Well, I promise I will post a lot in September... but try my very hardest to throw some Thailand pictures up as I travel.
Now to get some sleep so I can enjoy my last days in Cambodia which will include one more day working at the orphanage, a crazy dance party with the Khmer kids and Rustic students, a boat ride around the floating villages and crocodile farms near Siem Riep, a visit to Siem Riep's night market, one last sunrise at Angkor Wat and a night in a city I have grown to love, Phnom Penh!
playground!
L'Peak's colorful new playground!
Here's a fun fact... if you ever find yourself without paint thinner you can use gasoline to water down paint. And after you have covered your hands (and legs/arms when you are a bad painter) in this sticky gasoline based paint the best way to get it off is with... you guessed it... gasoline. Don't worry, the redness and slight sting goes away after a day or two.
village life
The solar powered lamps we used at night and donated at the end of our stay:
Our lovely house... and if you were ever wondering if a house in Cambodia with no windows or electricity for fans gets hot the answer is yes, really freaking hot.
Our fancy floral mosquito net and sleeping mats:
painting the world
A talented Rustic student, Jacky, drew this world map on the wall of the school and the rest of us helped paint it... very carefully.
Australia:
From the Ground Up Session 2:
Can you see Cambodia??
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