May 24th 2008. After an early start of the day I got myself in to the train, only to be welcomed by an army of women going to the 'libelle beurs’. Too noisy to continue sleeping! The flight to Birmingham was uneventful, luckily, as I do not like flying all that much. Caz and Roj were waiting for me at the airport. There is nothing like seeing old friends again after such a long time. Saturday was a beautiful day, so after changing and having a quick lunch we headed off to Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s Town). I was amazed about how much [View Full Entry]

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Even though I had said that I had written my last blog, I really did want to make an exception. I realized that the experience of travelling does not stop the minute you are back at the airport greeted by your family, but it is followed by an emotional rollercoaster. Just as I had to find my way in Cambodia, I needed to find my way around back home. Not everything is the same once you return, friends have departed, others have moved, there are happy as well as sad feelings. I have not yet figured out how to let go [View Full Entry]

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Hello All, I am now in Kuala Lumpur and I thought this would be an excellent time to write my last update, just before I arrive home. So what happened in the last week or so. Well not that much, or not that many exciting things for sure. So where to start, ah Kampong Cham, the last few days there, at my Cambodian home, were all about trying to recover of some health problems, which still hasn't worked btw. After a few days of hanging around, we headed of to Phnom Penh on the Wednesday, it was weird the last days [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone, I am not sure if this is going to be my last update from Cambodia or not. In 10 days I am going home, and it saddens me to have to leave this beautiful country behind. But of course you are not interested in my heartache stories, you want to know what I have been upto. Last time I did not tell you what my plans were, even though they were in the making, but I just only wanted to tell you about my new adventure after it happened. Even though I was a little hesitant to go, Simon [View Full Entry]

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Dear friends and family It has been a week since my last update and a lot has happened again. After returning from Sihanouk with Simon, I gave myself two days of rest, catching my breath after a week of partying so to speak. During these two days I wrote a little report with preliminary results, and I already realized I made one mistake, but at least it can still be changed. I can hardly belief that I so easily wrote 10 pages full. Luckily Simon took really good care of me those days while I was working, and as Oie is [View Full Entry]

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Dear everybody, It has been over a weeks time since any of you has heard from me. At present time I am trying to catch up on some sleep in Kampong Cham. Simon was so kind as to take me home with him for two days. As I mentioned in my last update there were a lot of things on the agenda for last week. So where to start? Well I guess at the beginning, my trip to Koh Kong. Well after getting up very early, I realized I was feeling a little bit better and was not too worried about [View Full Entry]

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Ok guys, I just wrote an entire update, and when I pressed save, the website crashed, so I have to try again, but this time I will give you the short version instead. I feel annoyed right now with the cambodian internet. An hours of work down the drain so to speak. I usually do a quick ctrl+c to copy the text, but I forgot. Well here we go. I finished the interviews last friday, and I have to confess I learned a lot in the last 4 weeks, from building a good list of questions as well as learning to [View Full Entry]

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Hello all yes it has been a while, and now that I write you, I cannot even say life is all that exciting. Getting up early in the morning, working on either the interviews, transcripts or DHS analyses. Going to bed on time and getting up early again. Even though it is wonderful to do so. I love doing the fieldwork, I love talking to everyone, I love being surprised by the beauty in them, the culture and the scenery. I am so relaxed and at peace with my life here, where I thought I would stress out by the uncertainty [View Full Entry]

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Dear all, Another week has passed, and this time a week with a lot of activities. The first interviews have been held, there was a ceremony for the new utrasound in the clinic and there was a nice party on the beach. This week the work really started, but it's much more difficult than I expected. There is a huge communication problem caused by cultural differences. Of course it is more a challange than a problem, after all it is something that can be over come. The first interviews really were hard to do, I had a very unsatisfied feeling after [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, This time I wish I had a lot to tell you, but what can I say, nothing very spectacular about relaxing on the beach all day!!! Of course it is very enjoyable, and my suntan is coming along very nicely. However, as a week has passed, I do want to give you a little update, even with a few pictures. With only one purpose will they be put on the website, to make you all very jealous of the sun. Of course not all of you are suffering from extreme cold weather. To be honest, its getting pretty hot [View Full Entry]

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