Today is a public holiday, there are a lot of public holidays in May - one last week, one this week and yes one next week. As this one is on a Wednesday and is therefore not attached to a weekend I am spending it in Chbar Morn. After a lazy breakfast at my favourite restaurant I decided to take Marc out to the lake to the south of town where I thought I would go for a walk. Sun cream on, helmet in place, Marc warmed up and ready to go so what did I do - I turne...

Today has been a day of contrasts. This morning we went to a 7 day celebration. This is an event held seven days after someone has died. It really is a celebration and it goes on all day. Like all Cambodian celebrations it was noisy and very inclusive with people coming and going all day. I then had a very frustrating Skype meeting with the other EMAs. I hate technology as it makes everything even more difficult to follow. I then went for a lovely quiet bike ri...

Kampot is a small town further down the river from Kampong Speu. It is just a little gem. Shiela and I decided that we needed a break and as we had a long weekend off we went. Friday night was spent with Vicki and her young friend Nicko in PP. It was great to see her looking so well and obviously looking forward to seeing Josh. Saturday morning saw Shiela and I in the Post bus on our way to Kampot. We arrived and booked into Samon Village. We had booked a twin ...

This morning was great. I sat and watched Bunthorn do all the work!! He was fabulous, he managed to explain the importance of planning as part of management. They want us to go back!!

Bunthorn joined us for dinner on Saturday which made cooking much easier as he did it - we told him it was illegal for women to BBQ in England. Sunday morning was spent exploring the local area. We found a lake just up the road from the house. I am going to make it my bike ride - up to the lake - watch the sun set - home for dinner!! In the afternoon we went to AC cafe to skype and cool down. The evening was going to be watch the sunset at the lake but it was ...