Monthly : February 2012

Volunteer’s Blog – February 18: Flood Relief Event

As I sat in the Sunrise Café (perhaps the only establishment in Battambang with a selection of authentic AND fresh European baked goods) enjoying my apple strudel and a current issue of The Cambodia Daily, it suddenly dawned on me that not even one of the articles featured updates on Cambodia’s relatively recent floods. In fact, I can’t recall the last time the news mentioned a word about the disaster!
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Volunteer’s Blog – February 8: A Chance Encounter

I love to travel. There are some innate qualities about traveling that is simply addicting, be it the beautiful sights, culture, people, food…or maybe it’s just the general novelty of it all. Similar to most tourists, I’ve always just passed through; I stay long enough to point and click the initial excitement into digital (aka Facebook accessible) memories, but never quite long enough to soak in the essence of the place.
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