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This afternoon a petite Cambodian lady dug her knees and elbows into my back before walking all over me - all part of the traditional Khmer massage. She was kneading me into a noodle, working out a long day of bike riding in the heat.
So on May 29, I flew into Phnom Penh (PP). I'm in Cambodia doing a summer internship before returning to NYC to finish my degree in the fall. In PP, my team visited schools and met with government and NGO (non-governmental org) contacts. We ate at Friends, where I'd eaten last year. The food is delicious and it's a training restaurant for street kids. We checked out the Foreign Correspondents Club and the Balinese restaurant. But mostly we had meetings and toured schools.
The Urban Team (we're the Rural Team) gave us a sendoff at their sweet apartment. I made flour tortillas for the soft tacos and we had selak (snake fruit) for dessert. Most of the photos are from that night.
On June 7, we took the bus to Kep. We'll be scoping things out here for a week, before moving on to Kampot. We ate the famous crab with yummy Kampot
PP: Mexican Night!
The whole team sends us off with a Mexican meal. I made the tortillas.pepper sauce. Today we rented bikes. Siamack busted out his amazing bargaining skills and we paid only $5 for 4 bikes rather than the $8 they were asking.
There's plenty to do this summer and I look forward to being a part of it. And so far, things are pretty good. I'm really enjoying being back in Southeast Asia. Cambodia is a fascinating place and it'll be good to get to know it better over the next three months.
I hope you're all well.
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Megan
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I really appreciated how you defined your abbreviations. Helps the reader tremendously. Are you in grad school or something? :) Glad you're having fun. I'm so jealous! Love, Megan