The Killing Fields and S1 NB The photos in the album speak for themselves probably but I have labelled a few. It's the memorial site, the Killing Fields, first then the Prison or S1. Visiting either of these sites is exceptionally difficult, a challenge to ones sensibilities and emotions. It is not just the things you see but it is what you can hear inside your head that makes it hard. It is the imagination of a hell that should not be there, it is the ques...

Cambodian Food Food in South East Asia. Food in Bangkok was a surprise mainly due to the street kitchens. These could be small cafes with seats on the street, moveable stalls with people selling fruit, drinks and also prepared foods or the view from our hotel window which looked down on a lady settled by the wall preparing veg and maybe meat and cooking in her wok. She had about 2 chairs for diners. She arrived about 8 o'clock with her stall and packed up ab...

The Weather Well, I guess it had to come; an entry about the weather. Mostly as you will have gathered it has been hot, very hot and when combined with humidity, uncomfortable. Sadly, for us, in one sense, Jenny tells us it is cooler now than a few weeks ago. Nevertheless, we still suffer. At to the temples and walking between the various structures became hard work so we just went slower and slower. This was in the hope that we would not generate more body he...

Gracehouse: The School It seems I have been amiss in not writing anything about the school where Jenny is working. So this is a short piece with some photographs. You will also have read the bit I inserted called propaganda about Gracehouse and Globalteer. The school is out of town and serves a samm community of people who live on the edge of the river. On the day we visited the river was in flood, most homes were flooded and we only made it through the flo...

Street Life: Thoughts from Siem Reap This is a hard thing to write because it has to cover a wide variety of experiences and places. It may be easiest to start with the tourist sites. Just north of the town lay the hotels. These are not just ordinary small hotels. They are, as the pictures show, large and somewhat pretentious 'palaces' built to sustain the wealthy of the world. They do seem, outwardly to look fitting in that their appearance and style are what ...