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Spent weekend in relative quite of Siem Reap.  It is the high season and there were many tourists high percentage seemed to be from China and Korea.  I thought Australian tourists could be loud but a group of Chinese tourists sure can be heard and fill a room. Interesting to see the n[...]

English  class at the Cambodian Handicraft Association – taught by Australian volunteer.[...]

I am trying to spend time with the Mr Kim and his students from Cambodian Handicraft Association (CHA) after I work each day at the Cambodian Mine Action Centre. You can visit their facebook here (www.facebook.com/hay.k.tha) and their website here  (www.cha-cambodia.org) CHA provide v[...]

Looking out my window I noticed prawns being dried.[...]

I got to work this morning – quite an effort to get their given the traffic. Canberra looks good compared to whats here. the driver had heard that Canberra had a lot of round abouts and he couldn’t get the concept. I told him not many others do either. The Cambodian Mine A[...]

I arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday after 21 hours in airports and in the air. This is my street for the next two months. I spent Sunday at the Cambodian Handicraft Association and tomorrow will start working at the Cambodian Mine Action Group.    [...]

I was reminded of the Joseph Stalin quote: ‘It’s Not the People Who Vote that Count; It’s the People Who Count the Votes’  [...]

We are all a bit slow today after we had a big outing last night.  It is my birthday on the 11th and Jane, a volunteer, had her last day here yesterday. We decided to take all the students out for a party. This is quite an exercise as many cannot walk. We had a cake and a great meal. [...]