The Central Market

Looking up at the newly renovated done

April 28th 2013
Since returning to Phnom Penh after my break on the coast for the Khmer New Year, the weather seems to have changed considerably and the heavy rains are falling quite regularly now, albeit rather early I think for the time of year. Phnom Penh doesn't seem to have a very good drainage system, if any at all, so the roads regularly flood and yesterday I was wading along in my sandals having just ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more

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Julia Bairstow

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I am about to spend six months volunteering in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Actually, the idea of this venture would never have come about had I not gone to a VSO meeting with a friend and then met someone on a walking group, who told me about this organisation, through which she had applied to work as a volunteer. After considerable thought, I decided that I would like to spend some time volunteering on a worthwhile overseas project and that following my retirement would be the right time to do this, as my younger daughter went off to university last year and my elder daughter is around to look aft... full info

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