Le Safran La Suite
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Visiting the kids
... with a far more limited menu waiting for us in Takeo. We popped off to the larger supermarket on the main strip to the cries of delight of the students, watched as they purchased their weight in sugar, then headed back to the hotel to pack and be ready to set off for the zoo and then the building site tomorrow. Before turning in myself I followed Chris' recommendation (another teacher on the trip) and headed to the massage parlour for a massage. After explaining what I wanted ...
Wat Phnom, The Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda
... a little money and something in my heart lit up. His sheer spirit touched me. He crossed the street and walked back to the road. He stopped where we were eating and because I admired something about him I gave him a little money and he took it with a smile and humility and a bow to say thank you. My lesson today wasn't in history, architecture or anything like that. It was about human spirit and even in such adversity if a beggar can walk down the road smiling, we have no ...
'Hello'.......'No thank you'
... so fast and then that was it, over. It's a shame he didn't think that point was a good place to get out to chat to the locals but heyho, you can't have everything can you? We got back and it was time to sleep, we were both exhausted and there was still one day in Phnom Penh to see as much as possible! This morning we got up and immediately went to collect our laundry so we could get on with our day. Unfortunately, the little ladies had ripped my lycras. SAD TIMES. I went to ...
An update
... was too much for one book. So now I am writing three. A huge undertaking that has occupied all of my free time.
In addition to my books, I am FINALLY at a stable job. The beginning of October marked my first time EVER having a real adult job. Salary income with full benefits. Including medical insurance, paid vacation, paid sick leave and A LOT ...
City life
... guide and he gave us the whole story from his perspective. He had been separated from his family at 5 years old and made to work 15 hour days picking up manure and carrying it to fields to fertilise crops. He had to survive off a small bowl of soup with a few grains of rice each day and supplemented it with bugs and insects that he managed to scavenge. His father was taken and killed and his little brother died of starvation. Once the Khmer Rouge were defeated after 4 years he ...
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