Well it turns out I wasn't on my own for long....! The next day I arrived back in Phomn Penh and was very happy to be back. I was staying with my friend Naomi for a few days in her very green flat with continuous power cuts and alcoholic neighbours. We spent a few most enjoyable days drinking too much, sleeping too little, and falling down muddy riverbeds in white dresses at boat parties! Oh and cat hunting. Naomi has decided she wants a kitten and was advised th...

Farewell to Cambodia. Dtar neak sok sub bai dte? Hello! I am such a show off its ridiculous but I am very proud of my new found language skills and am using them at every possibly opportunity, especitally after an Angkor Beer or two.... I am now officially a graduate again and have passed my course, with merit obviously. It has been brilliant actually; I have really really enjoyed it. The last two weeks have been quite challenging as we have been learning Khmer a...

I am now over two weeks into my TESOL course and I cant believe how quickly it is flying by! Despite my misgivings I am actually really enjoying it and will be sad when it ends. The company who run the course are brilliant and so incredibly helpful. If I decided I was staying on to get a paid teaching position, they basically get you a job and help you find accommodation. They have said that even if I wanted to come back in a few months, or next year, they would ...

Oops. Following all my previous ranting about how pants it is being a vegetarian, at Bangkok airport waiting for my flight to Cambodia...i had a huge craving for pastrami....and i couldn't take it anymore....i had to give it to temptation.....and so ate a huge sub with ham. And it was fantastic. No guilt - just pure unadulterated meat pleasure. And I haven't looked back since! The two flights here from Thailand were fine, and not at all delayed like I had sus...

Oops. Following all my previous ranting about how pants it is being a vegetarian, at Bangkok airport waiting for my flight to Cambodia...i had a huge craving for pastrami....and i couldn't take it anymore....i had to give it to temptation.....and so ate a huge sub with ham. And it was fantastic. No guilt - just pure unadulterated meat pleasure. And I haven't looked back since! The two flights here from Thailand were fine, and not at all delayed like I had sus...