Today is the day after the king’s coronation holiday, now that obviosly fell on a Sunday, so a lot of Cambodia is closed today. I hoped to meet up with Kep POE planning department and get money from the bank - no way - both were closed!! So today I have driven Trevor (my Kampot /Kep Mottto) 25km, I have dragged Sitha the same distance and we (or maybe I should say I) have done nothing. I am now watching the sunset and as you can see it doesn't look good, but ...

Today I decided to explore Kampot on the Motto - no name yet as I still need to get to know him. He needs a kick start (automatic starter doesn't work!!), slow to get going but has more get up and go than Marc when warmed up. My morning: Breakfast at a little cafe run by an NGO supporting disabled people. It is a great little place with lovely food and a marvelous attitude. Porridge with sultanas, cashew nuts, bananas and palm sugar hit the spot and it was all w...

Travelling in a local bus. Sokha and I have to go to Kampot and Kep to meet the POEs of both provinces on Monday so she suggested we travel together from Phnom Penh on Sunday - I can see my weekends are going to disappear as I will have to use them for traveling. I arrived at the bus station early as I wasn't sure what time Sokha had said - 7am or 7.30am. I was almost certain it was 7.30 but just in case I was there at 6.45am. I have never used Soyra before but...

We arrived in Kampong Chhnang in a rainstorm and I had just resigned myself to a boring afternoon when Marcell arrived on his Motto and invited me for a coffee. It stopped raining so we decided to be tourists and went to the floating villages. To get down to the boat we had to climb down a ladder on to a pier that was more under the water than on it. After we had settled ourselves on our 3 inch high seats, made comfortable by putting our life jackets on them, we...

On Monday I was in the Royal Palace with Ann catching monks sitting under a tree ready and willing to take part in my photo. Monday afternoon I was travelling back to Kampong Speu for a couple of days. Thursday meeting with all POE and DOE staff to evaluate the last year's education in Kampong Speu - pleased to say there has been an improvement at all levels - great news. Thursday afternoon- down to Kampot for a night to finalize plans for K&K. Friday mor...