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Sooooooo what to say. Ive not been to many new towns or cities or monuments recently but I have been getting around some and learning a great deal about Kampuchea and teaching and all sorts of things. A very informative few months. Much goes on in a small farming village where nothing happens. All sorts of country gossip, its a bit like emerdale. Not that I watch such things.. The place I work in acts as a sort of community centre as well as a free school, before and after lessons theres always some hanging about going on, football is a great way to impress the ladies as well as engage in what can only be described as proto-flirting.Really proto.Its a place where young people can hang out and spend time with each other in a ... read more

Soooooo. Been around a bit since my last blog. Had a little explore of the eastern chunk of Kampuchea, none of which I had ever seen but which was in fact lovely. Despite being the area of most Khmer Rouge and landmines (the infamous k5 belt, the largest minefield in the world, is along the border with Vietnam) it was safe as houses and all sleepy. Our first stop was in Kratie (pronounced Kracheh but spelled wrong for no reason) which is a dreamy little town along a river with no real western nightlife to speak of and actual old people! Genuine ones! We met some gnarly old dude who ran this restaurant who userd to be a history teacher before the Khmer Rouge turned up. I cant explain what a rarity this dude was. All ... read more

Not a huge amount of Big Things To Write Home About have happened yet but it has been an eventful week or so. Phnom Penh was big. Met so many cool people, locals and a number of ex-pats, alot of whom are complete idiots who are literally intolerable but some are gems. Job offers keep flowing in, looks like I will be able to teach History here as well as English, and maybe another course if I'm lucky. Bar jobs are easy to come by too. Very good stuff. Now were in Kampot which is in the south, its pretty pretty here. Much more rural and relaxed. Spending a day on a rented moto, cruising around the surrounding countryside is a treat I dont imagine I shall tire of any time soon. The serenety coupled with ... read more

ooh neat wordplay pat. k. Mexico City is really big.like super double well big. theres 25 MILLION people in the city.its in 3 states.and its awesome. theres soo much to do in and around mexicity (that ones mine,winAr), more museums than there are people in Iceland and an incredible amount of history and heritage. im going to use a very limited vocabulary in this as everything here is really big and i only know a few ways of saying big.bear with me. Theres a real large cathedral on front of our hostel which bags bells all day.its built not only on the site but actually using the same stones as the pyramid temple thing which was there before.Montezuma sat on it.Bastard spaniards, thats really quite rude. but its beautiful inside so its ok. Contrary to many ... read more

Not alot to say about machu pichu really.you are obliged by peruvian law to visit it and also the 'travelers code' insists on it so we had to do it.its not cheap but we're clever so we paid way less than everyone else in our hostel.rad. staying in cusco which is here primarily to get foreigners to machu pichu.so its well good. Despite beign incan and 'ancient' its actually only 500 years old. by now i expect ancient to mean at least a thousand years.i have high standards.ive lived i a house almost as old as machu pichu.win. the incas only lived there for 100 years until the spanglish came and murdered everyone to make baby jesus happy and the city was forgotten about until very recently. apparently 3000 people visit it a day and this ... read more