Sunday, July 17, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
boat ride down the mekong to a weaving village
a woman weaving a kroma (traditional Cambodian scarf)
Monday, July 4, 2011
home sweet home
This is the house in a rural village of Kampong Cham that I will soon be calling home for six nights. While we are staying in this village we will be learning from the local people about how they live and what kind of aid project would be most beneficial to their community. The students on the trip will get to decide what project they would like to do, plan it out and then complete it! I am excited to see what they come up with. I am also excited to see how they (and I) feel about sleeping on the floor, using squat toilets and taking bucket showers for 6 days.
Shrimp Temple
Statues of elephants, monkeys, lions, snakes are rather common in Cambodia but it is not everyday you see a good shrimp statue. This one was outside a temple that is appropriately known as "Shrimp Temple".
After spending some time looking around at the temple and chatting with some of the monks who lived there our group was departing and they gathered outside to wave goodbye. The children who were trying to entertain us with their masks also came. And a happy looking white dog. Just thought it made for an interesting gathering.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
why have i not been posting??
Because I have been busy with my first group of students for the From the Ground Up program. We have been busy visiting NGOs as well as some sites around Phnom Penh... here they are at the Royal Palace!
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