Just realised I left the UK a week ago! How has it gone... quick or slow? I am not sure at all, so much has happened it seems like ages ago, but also not long at all.
Didn't feel too bad this morning despite trying the locals favourite brew of 8% black panther beer last night, and lessons went really well. It's such fun!!! The kids are so great - and today I finally got photos of some of my Kids!
Didn't feel too bad this morning despite trying the locals favourite brew of 8% black panther beer last night, and lessons went really well. It's such fun!!! The kids are so great - and today I finally got photos of some of my Kids!
The staff at the school invited us to join them for lunch, which they eat together at the school every day. Some bring their own and others take it in turns to cook. Today, as were were joining one of the guys cooked a great selection of things and those that had brought their own put it in the middle too and we all tried a bit of everything, so we got to taste some really authentic home cooked khmer food.
We all sat round at a low table and chatted as best we could and it felt like the first time I had really experienced the Khmer way of life. After lunch everyone has a snooze before the afternoon starts so we all had a lie down on the mat in the library under the fans. You really need it when you start at 7.30 in the morning and it's this hot.
After work I was so achy after standing up all day and jumping around to try and keep the kids attention that I decided to go for a massage, so off I went on a moto (moped taxi) for the first time! Virtually everyone travels like this (there is no public transport around town) and it's such a good way to see the sights. When I came back it was dark, so I got to see a bit of Phnom Penh by night which really was rather exciting with all the monuments and buildings lit up. My moto driver got completely lost so I got to see much more than I would have too. It as only when I was nearly back that I realised I hadn't worn a helmet either way, it just didn't seem wrong because you rarely see anyone else with one on.
The massage was superb so I am going to bed early to take full advantage of how relaxed I am.
We all sat round at a low table and chatted as best we could and it felt like the first time I had really experienced the Khmer way of life. After lunch everyone has a snooze before the afternoon starts so we all had a lie down on the mat in the library under the fans. You really need it when you start at 7.30 in the morning and it's this hot.
After work I was so achy after standing up all day and jumping around to try and keep the kids attention that I decided to go for a massage, so off I went on a moto (moped taxi) for the first time! Virtually everyone travels like this (there is no public transport around town) and it's such a good way to see the sights. When I came back it was dark, so I got to see a bit of Phnom Penh by night which really was rather exciting with all the monuments and buildings lit up. My moto driver got completely lost so I got to see much more than I would have too. It as only when I was nearly back that I realised I hadn't worn a helmet either way, it just didn't seem wrong because you rarely see anyone else with one on.
The massage was superb so I am going to bed early to take full advantage of how relaxed I am.
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