“Be prepared—the conditions on the island will be very different from our life; no electricity, no running water…” The voice of our trip leader at our pre-departure meeting echoed in my head once again; except this time, I find myself......Read More
(To the tune of Frosty the Snowman) Bumpy idy, bump, bump, bump idy , bump, bump Look at the dragons gooo Bumpy idy, bump, bump, bump idy , bump, bump Over the rocks we gooo Jeffrey, the instructor has a realllly nice hat and he wears a kroma around......Read More
“Sue Seday” that means hello in Khmer. We are currently half way through our Cambodian homestay. I am feeling like I am immersing myself in the culture. I feel positive, relaxed and calm. I am living with a grandmother named Sim. My host......Read More
Miscommunications are inevitable. But when you don’t speak the same language, the miscommunications are less frustrating and more entertaining. The first night of my homestay in our instructor Thavry’s home village, I ate dinner with my......Read More
When conversing with my host sister, Sim Sim, over dinner last night, she cheerfully mentioned that everyone is talking about my nose. Normally, this would shock me. How rude of someone to point out a feature I can’t change, as if I would even......Read More
This morning, our first morning in Koh K’Sach Tonlea, I’m slowly awakened by music I’ve never heard before. A distant neighbor has decided to start wedding festivities early, 5:30 am early. As I look around our single room home,......Read More
All 14 of us piled onto two boats for a boat trip around the island on some of the smallest boats imaginable. I asked the mother of a muslim family and her husband, the boat driver, what it was like to live on the island. To my surprise, she......Read More
Hi all, I received these images and I wanted to share them.The team are well on the island of Koh K’Sach Tonlea. They are coming to the end of the homestay now and will soon commence their student led Expedition Phase in the south of Cambodia......Read More
