Phnom Penh I arrived in Phnom Penh after a long day traveling on a bus, all the way from Siem Reap. I was a little sad to leave, and when I arrived I really was not impressed with Phnom Penh. It was a really dirty city, there motorbikes everywhere, and it just didn't seem a place I would like to spend a lot of time. However, it was getting dark when I arrived and so I thought I would save my judgments for the next day. I stayed in the Khmer part of town and go...

Siem Reap Siem Reap has been really nice. The markets have so much atmosphere, despite the awful fish smells and peculiar foods hanging from hooks. The night market especially is lovely to walk around, all lit up by fairy lights. It is also really nice to stay in the same place as the other volunteers, as we all go out together for dinner every evening, and spend the weekends either visiting temples, or the villages and lazing by the pool. On my first night,...

Mondul 3 Village New Hope Community Centre is set in a village fifteen minutes away from central Siem Reap, and yet when you arrive it is like stepping into a different world, a world that for me, would be extremely hard to say goodbye to. When I arrived on my first day, after a rocky journey through puddles with naked children bathing in them, potholes, and children screaming ’cha ‘cha, I was greeted by two children who climbed on me straight away. The two ...