Siem Reap and the great temples of Angkor Wat
It has been an extremely full week here in Cambodia. We have been here a month and it all feels so normal in one way, and yet surreal in another that we are really...
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Battambang Butterfly Cycle Tour – by Big O
On Thursday we went on a bicycle tour. The people doing the tour picked us up at our guest house. First we went to see the process of the rice paper. This is how...
Battambang Butterfly Cycle Tour – by Z
The Butterfly tour is a tour on bicycles we did the tour that we could go on. We went on bikes that were from Battambang bike shop. The guy put seats on the back...
Battambang temples, Camodian wine and the circus
I see how natural it is now for human beings to seek comfort in established routines. Wherever you are in the world and whatever your lifestyle, routines are a source of comfort and stability....
Daily routines for a volunteer family in Battambang
Routines the Cambodian Way Here we are, end of week 2 in Cambodia. It feels significantly longer than 2 weeks, for the Cambodian way is so much slower and more gentle than the lifestyle...
Football and mopeds by Z
We caught a tuktuk to the computer-lab. it is time to put the old crappy computers in. When it was time to clean the keyboards my mummy got bitten by a red ant and...
Battambang Bamboo Train
Bamboo Train, Battambang The Bamboo Train is high on the tourist trail for Battambang which runs on a now short single-line track a few kilometres south of Battambang in O’Dambong Village. The track is...
Cambodia culture shock
Battambang Battambang is technically the second-largest city in Cambodia, but it feels more like a small town. Battambang is 280km by road from Phnom Penh and is the only major town on National Route...
Creating recycled gardens
First week in Cambodia and many projects to get stuck into. Our primary partner organisation we are assisting here in Battambang is Children’s Action for Development (CAD). Children’s Action for Development (CAD) is committed to providing...
Hot hot hot, dealing with the heat of Cambodia
I can’t possibly begin to describe this heat. It is at times unbearable. 40 degrees. Humid. It is exhausting. It is debilitating. It is sticky, sweaty, itchy, wet. Imagine your body feeling like it...