so i'm here in siem reap at the moment. have had a very interesting time here in cambodia so far. since i last wrote, i spent a week volunteering at the scao orphanage in a little village just outside phnom penh. the owners asked me to live there for the week to save me travelling back and forth everyday and so that i would have more time to spend with the children. the orphanage was wonderful. its run by one man and his wife, just a small local project and they...

i made it in one piece to cambodia! 3rd country of 7 on this trip :) so to recap the last few days: saigon was hectic. mad traffic, a million motorbikes and lots of noise! such a huge city and also the first time i saw the seedy side of vietnam. up until then vietnam had been paradise but saigon is full of parents exploiting their children to make money, having them out selling things late at night when they should be in fast asleep and scary prostitutes who app...