Blogs from Central, Cambodia, Asia - page 3

Δρομο πηραμε, δρομο αφησαμε και στο λεωφορειο γνωρισαμε την κυρια Χενγκ. Δεν θα ηταν πανω απο 65, με την ομορφη δαντελενια μπλουζα της και ενα μαυρο φιογκακι καρφιτσωμενο. Αυτο ειναι πενθος μας ειπε, εχοντας φανερη την αναγκη επικοινωνιας. Καλη μου κυρια Χενγκ. Ηταν μια απο αυτες τις ιστοριες που διαβασαμε, και η οποια φαντασια μας ζωντανεψε με τα λογια της. 26 χρονια μετραναστης στην Αμερικη, και αυτο ευλογια μιας και σήμαινε οτι επιβιωσε την φρικη των Χμερ Ρουζ. Ηταν εκείνη, ο αντρας της και τα πεντε τους παιδια που ζουσαν και βασιλευαν στην πρωτεουσα οταν εγινε το μπαμ. Μηχανικος αμερικανικων αεροσκαφών ο αντρας της, κρυβε λογια δηλαδη. Και χωριστηκανε, και χαθηκανε, και τα καταφερανε. Και γυρισανε στην ήρεμη πια χωρα τους για να ταξιδεψουν, να κανουνε πραγματα που δεν μπορεσαν. Και δεν προλαβαν. Εμεινε μονη της ... read more

We woke up early that morning, Matt went to find somewhere else to stay while I packed up, as we had heard that other hotels down the road offered free laundry and we were getting quite desperate for clean clothes. It didn't take long to find another place just a couple of buildings down. After moving our bags we found the tuk tuk driver we met the night before who was taking us around for the day, Stone he calls himself. Our first stop was the S21 genocide museum, it was created on orders of Pol Pot in the Khmer Rough regime designed for detention, interrogation, inhuman torture and killing after confession from the detainees were received and documented. It was horrific what the people went through there, we saw the tiny cells they were held ... read more

Hundreds of students formed two lines along the dusty pathway to the school and clapped as we paraded through. We were nervous and felt undeserving of such an ovation; they seemed eager and overjoyed. When our vans drove down that pathway for the last time, five days later, we did not want to leave. There was something special about that brief stay, something that led us to connect with complete strangers in unimaginable ways. Traveling to rural Cambodia with eleven schoolmates and a handful of teachers was no ordinary spring break. In the remove village of Pailin in Battanbang Provice, we share a life-altering journey. We visited Cambodia with a purpose: to teach at our "Sister School" we funded several years earlier, to connect the isolated village to the rest of the world through electricity and ... read more

ok Adam.....my editor speaks. Tarantula. They were good but I am looking forward to a big medium rare steak when we get home. One added picture - a Christmas tree from the lobby of our hotel. It just doesn't seem like Christmas!... read more

We leave Vietnam today and have done a trip along the Mekong delta, it's not exactly what we thought though as we are going to Cambodia and thought it was mainly a boat trip but it's actually a lot on the bus, probably more. We got picked up about 8am and had a 3 hour drive to the Mekong delta where we got on our boat, because we are staying the night we didn't get long, everything is rushed. We stopped at a little place where they make rice paper and popcorn and sweets which was pretty cool to see but was only there for about 10 minutes. We then had an hour on the boat to lunch where we've been brought to a little restaurant in what feels like he middle of nowhere!! We finished ... read more