There is a lot more to Cambodia than pain and suffering. We obviously haven't seen it all but I do feel like we've seen the essence of Cambodia. I used to think of Poverty as homeless people begging by day and sleeping in doorways by night. As I saw a little more of life I realised that it can mean very different things. A single parent family of four on minimum wage understands poverty just as well as the man on the street. But the poverty in Cambodia is very d...

I'm not sure about everyone else, I know I'm incredibly naive to most world affairs, but until 6 months ago I had barely heard of Cambodia, I certainly had not heard of its past. When we were staying in Sydney I found a book on the book exchange that was written by a woman who had lived in Cambodia when she was a child. I read this book, 'First They Killed My Father' by Loung Ung and was mortified. As I said I am so naive and I couldn't believe such atrocities co...