Tai Ngan Hotel
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Day 8
... trained in distraction and pick-pocketing by their parents!!! The Vietnamese border was how I imagined the Thailand/Cambodia border to be, very quiet and essentially just a line on the floor and a few gates! We pretty much shot through the non existing border control and were back on the bus in no time! After another 3 hour drive we arrived at our lunch spot which was a run down old place with dogs running around the restaurant. ...
Boats and Buses...
... war escalated and who did what and was a pretty unbiased account. We then looked in the photographs war section which showed the pictures that were never seen of some of the atrocities that happened during the war, but also paid homage to those photographers who lost their lives reporting the news. Some of the pictures showed the terrible fate of the people and the unfair conditions that the people were put under, especially the victims of the find and destroy mission ...
A bit about Cambodia
... found out so much about weddings.
The religion was interesting - Buddhism was not as strong in Cambodia as in Laos or Thailand, although it is the official religion. Some pagodas (monasteries) were comparatively rich; many people gave money as most families had at least 1 member in the priesthood but well off and larger pagodas got sponsorship from rich people (the one i taught at was comparatively poor - others ...
Where Orion loses his heart
... final Hokey Cokey was performed, we would walk back to the school with the kids making us crowns of leaves and flowers for our heads. This might explain my Facebook photo. They would also press drawings and origami on everyone, including examples of their English: "My name is Srey Nut, i am 11, i love you Orion, you are pretty (crossed out) handsome". They would then run after our tuk tuk as we left, making heart signs and shouting "WE ...
Making Maps Without Borders, Episode 18.5/20
... more features here. Overall, we had a productive party and it's great being able to see all the urban poor communities on the map.
I've also been telling new OSMers to add their hometown, or new features there, to OSM. So I thought in this party I'd finally do the same. I added a house footprint, an oval to the school a couple of reserves and a few roads ...
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