It’s over. I can’t believe it but it is over. I have lived and worked in another country and I loved it. Saying goodbye has been tough. I have made friends here and cannot express how much I will miss them and the life style that I have had here. The person I will miss the most is of course Bunthorn who has been so much more than a colleague. He has been friend, companion and a constant source of information. He delayed going to his own family so that he ...

I know the photo is out of focus but somehow it just sums up what it has been like living in Chbar Mon and Cambodia. Yesterday I was given a formal farewell thank you party from the POE. It was grand, slightly scary and OTT. It was also unnecessary as I feel they have given me far more than I could ever have given them. I cannot thank all the staff at the POE in Kampong Speu enough for their help, support and friendship. In the evening my English Class and Bunt...

I am making the most of my last visit to Kampot. Tuesday (During my lunch 3 hours)- Today I went onto Fish Island (officially it is called something else but I can't at the moment remember what) When Jan and Chas were here they went and explored the island and later said they didn't think they went far enough. So I went to the end of the concrete road, onto the wide unmade road, followed it until it came to the hills and went on twisting my way through the hills...

I can't believe it but my time here is coming to an end. On Thursday we had the farewell party as officially all the International Volunteers attached to my project are finishing. Due to UNICEF and the EU withholding funding - political reasons - they are still not 100% sure the project will continue, they do expect it to but there will be fewer volunteers. This means we are all going and only 5 of the present international volunteers will be returning when the ...

Last month we did a series of training sessions with the POE on School Development Planning . We are now visiting schools to ensure the training was understood and that the School Directors are using the new format. I am really pleased to say that if all schools in the district are like the two we visited this morning then the answer is yes to both. The SDs were more than happy to talk away to Bunthorn about what they were doing - or going to do. The deadline ...