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Going Home - 08/Mar/2012 11:10 - 4655 days ago
The opinions expressed are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSO.Last Entry.Today, March 8th. is the last day of ...
Going Home - 08/Mar/2012 11:10 - 4655 days ago
The opinions expressed are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSO.Last Entry.Today, March 8th. is the last day of ...
Giant pandas - 01/Mar/2012 09:15 - 4662 days ago
29/2/2012.Chengdu; Visit to Giant Panda Research Base.This was one of our reasons for visiting Chengdu.We were not disappointed....
Giant pandas - 01/Mar/2012 09:15 - 4662 days ago
The opinions expressed are the author's own and do not reflect these of VSO29/2/2012.Chengdu; Visit to Giant Panda Research ...
The Great Wall of China. - 18/Feb/2012 12:55 - 4674 days ago
The Great Wall.(The opinions expressed are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSO.Though I have finished my placem...
The Great Wall of China. - 18/Feb/2012 12:55 - 4674 days ago
The Great Wall.(The opinions expressed are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSO.Though I have finished my placem...
On The Street Where I Live. - 06/Jan/2012 14:07 - 4717 days ago
On the street where I live. ...
On The Street Where I Live. - 06/Jan/2012 14:07 - 4717 days ago
On the street where I live. ...
Food - 29/Dec/2011 13:37 - 4725 days ago
Food.These are the author's own opinions and do not represent those of VSOChristmas Dinner.I have just spent Christmas in Ba...
Food - 29/Dec/2011 13:37 - 4725 days ago
Food.These are the author's own opinions and do not represent those of VSOChristmas Dinner.I have just spent Christmas in Ba...
Party, Cambodian Style. - 15/Dec/2011 09:24 - 4739 days ago
Party, Cambodian styleThis week I finished my 2 year placement with VSO here in Sisophon.. It has been a week of surprises....
Party, Cambodian Style. - 15/Dec/2011 09:24 - 4739 days ago
Party, Cambodian styleThis week I finished my 2 year placement with VSO here in Sisophon.. It has been a week of surprises....
Another Holiday. - 14/Dec/2011 07:28 - 4740 days ago
The water festival in early November gave another excuse to travel. This time it was Rangoon in Burma. Yangon in Myanmar as it i...
Another Holiday. - 14/Dec/2011 07:28 - 4740 days ago
The water festival in early November gave another excuse to travel. This time it was Rangoon in Burma. Yangon in Myanmar as it i...
Flooding - 22/Oct/2011 07:36 - 4793 days ago
Flooding.Last year we had serious floods in Banteay Meanchey and I wrote about them from the comfort of my gue...
Flooding - 22/Oct/2011 07:36 - 4793 days ago
Flooding.The comments in this blog are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSOLast year we had se...
In praise of crutches. - 12/Sep/2011 05:51 - 4833 days ago
In praise of crutches.Aren't legs wonderful? From just a few months old we creep on them ,walk, run,skip through life, seldo...
In praise of crutches. - 12/Sep/2011 05:51 - 4833 days ago
The opinions expressed in this blog are the authors own and do not reflect those of VSOIn praise of crutches.Aren't legs won...
The best laid plans of mice and men-- - 29/Aug/2011 03:52 - 4847 days ago
The opinions expressed in this blog are the author's own and do not express those of VSOThe best laid plans of mice and men,...
The best laid schemes of mice and men-- - 29/Aug/2011 03:52 - 4847 days ago
The opinions expressed in this blog are the author's own and do not express those of VSOThe best laid schemes of mice a...
Before the Laughter Began– Dara Than’s Story - 19/Aug/2011 03:16 - 4857 days ago
<The opinions expressed here are the author's own and do not represent those of VSO.
Thanks to Gabrielle for sharing.
...
Before the Laughter Began– Dara Than’s Story - 19/Aug/2011 03:16 - 4857 days ago
<The opinions expressed here are the author's own and do not represent those of VSO.
Thanks to Gabrielle for sharing.
...
Forwards or backwards! - 08/Aug/2011 12:20 - 4868 days ago
The opinions expressed in this blog are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSO.Progress is important, the introduction...
Forwards or backwards! - 08/Aug/2011 12:20 - 4868 days ago
The opinions expressed in this blog are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSO.Progress is important, the introduction...
A Cambodian Funeral - 20/Jul/2011 11:53 - 4887 days ago
A Cambodian Funeral.This morning I set out as usual to visit one of my schools. Last week, on my visit to the same school ...
A Cambodian Funeral - 20/Jul/2011 11:53 - 4887 days ago
The views expressed in this blog are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSO A Cambodian Funeral.This morning I se...
Untitled - 07/Jun/2011 14:22 - 4930 days ago
Volunteering.Looking back over my blog of the past few months, one could be forgiven for thinking that volunteers (and especiall...
Untitled - 07/Jun/2011 14:22 - 4930 days ago
Volunteering.The views expressed in this blog are the author's own and do not reflect those of VSOLooking back over my blog of t...
Bali. - 04/Jun/2011 13:03 - 4933 days ago
Recently we had the king's birthday 5 day celebration. My colleague Pathma and I were lucky to get 2 cheap flights to the I...
Bali. - 04/Jun/2011 13:03 - 4933 days ago
Recently we had the king's birthday 5 day celebration. My colleague Pathma and I were lucky to get 2 cheap flights to the I...
Our House - 22/May/2011 12:22 - 4946 days ago
Our House.I have finally found a house to live in here in Sisophon. After one and a half years living in one small room in a gue...
Our House - 22/May/2011 12:22 - 4946 days ago
Our HouseI have finally found a house to live in here in Sisophon. After one and a half years living in one small room in a gues...
Untitled - 02/May/2011 10:34 - 4966 days ago
On The Buses. In Cambodia we have numerous means of transport. Motorbike is the most common method of getting from A ...
On The Buses - 02/May/2011 10:34 - 4966 days ago
On The Buses. In Cambodia we have numerous means of transport. Motorbike is the most common method of getting from A ...
Prison Visit - 27/Mar/2011 11:34 - 5002 days ago
Visiting a Prison.Recently I was invited by a young Cambodian, Vichette, who teaches English to prisoners, to accompany hi...
Prison Visit - 27/Mar/2011 11:34 - 5002 days ago
Visiting a Prison.Recently I was invited by a young Cambodian, Vichette, who teaches English to prisoners, to accompany hi...
Ants in your pants. - 07/Mar/2011 14:03 - 5022 days ago
Ants in your pants.Not as funny as it sounds, so please don’t laugh, well at least until the itch goes away.I think ...
Ants in your pants. - 07/Mar/2011 14:03 - 5022 days ago
Ants in your pants.Not as funny as it sounds, so please don’t laugh, well at least until the itch goes away.I think ...
Tuol Sleng Visit. - 13/Feb/2011 03:06 - 5044 days ago
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.The following are my own observations, and not those of VSOA stay in Cambodia is not complete without...
Tuol Sleng Visit. - 13/Feb/2011 03:06 - 5044 days ago
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.The following are my own observations, and not those of VSOA stay in Cambodia is not complete without...
An average week! - 25/Jan/2011 12:12 - 5063 days ago
What’s an average week?Seven days ago, the weather here was a very comfortable 25ish degrees, cooler in the early mo...
An average week! - 25/Jan/2011 12:12 - 5063 days ago
What’s an average week?Seven days ago, the weather here was a very comfortable 25ish degrees, cooler in the early mo...
Christmas and New Year 2010/11 - 15/Jan/2011 14:17 - 5073 days ago
Christmas and New Year 2010/11(My second Christmas away from home.)Christmas in Asia is a very different experience to Christmas...
Christmas and New Year 2010/11 - 15/Jan/2011 14:17 - 5073 days ago
Christmas and New Year 2010/11(My second Christmas away from home.)Christmas in Asia is a very different experience to Christmas...
A year in Sisophon. - 18/Dec/2010 11:25 - 5101 days ago
A year in Sisophon. (These are the author's own opinions and do not reflect the policies of VSO) I have j...
A year in Sisophon. - 18/Dec/2010 11:25 - 5101 days ago
A year in Sisophon. (These are the author's own opinions and do not reflect the policies of VSO) I have j...
Free Time Project - 13/Nov/2010 13:39 - 5136 days ago
A free-time project.(The views expressed in this blog are the author’s own, and do not reflect those of VSO.)Last July my ...
Free Time Project - 13/Nov/2010 13:39 - 5136 days ago
A free-time project.(The views expressed in this blog are the author’s own, and do not reflect those of VSO.)Last July my ...
Flooding in Banteay Meanchey. - 20/Oct/2010 10:43 - 5160 days ago
Flooding in Cambodia. 19th. October 2010.The rains normally begin here in May and end in mid October. About 2 hours of very...
Flooding in Banteay Meanchey. - 20/Oct/2010 10:43 - 5160 days ago
Flooding in Cambodia. 19th. October 2010.The rains normally begin here in May and end in mid October. About 2 hours of very...
Untitled - 05/Oct/2010 08:04 - 5175 days ago
Pchum BenPchum Ben is a 15 day Buddhist religious festival unique to Cambodia, and thought to be its most important. It takes pl...
Untitled - 02/Oct/2010 12:57 - 5178 days ago
Opening of the school year.Today 1st. October was the first day of the new school year. I was invited to attend the ceremony at ...
Chiang Mai. - 28/Sep/2010 14:20 - 5182 days ago
A visit to Chiang Mai.Friday 24th. September was Constitution Day in Cambodia, giving me a long weekend to take a short break in...
Beginning another year in Cambodia. - 15/Sep/2010 12:58 - 5195 days ago
Mary in Cambodia. (Year 2). September 2010.My long awaited trip home has come and gone. I’m back in Cambodia and...
A Quick tour of my Cambodian Home Town. - 12/Jul/2010 13:59 - 5260 days ago
Sisophon/Srei-Sisophon/Banteay Meanchey,( take your pick of the names) this town has been my home for the past 7 months. &n...
Great Expectations! - 03/Jul/2010 08:16 - 5269 days ago
'Great Expectations?’The first school year of my stay in Cambodia is grinding slowly to a close. I realise I’ve been...
Health and Hygiene Classes Cambodian Style. - 13/Jun/2010 10:42 - 5289 days ago
Health and Hygiene classes.Health and hygiene is taught in primary schools everywhere. As my colleague Gen and I had not seen it...
Siem Reap again. - 05/Jun/2010 06:10 - 5297 days ago
Siem Reap. Angkor Wat and the temple complex is the main attraction for visitors to Siem Reap. The Tonle Sap Lake with its ...
Work in Progress - 01/Jun/2010 13:15 - 5301 days ago
.Workshop at Koak Lun Primary School. 27/5/10.One could be forgiven for thinking that I do nothing but gad about Asia having fun...
King's Birthday- trip to Laos. - 19/May/2010 14:21 - 5314 days ago
The King’s birthday, trip to LaosKing Norodom’s Birthday is celebrated in Cambodia on 13/14/15thof May. As 15thwas S...
April in Cambodia. - 30/Apr/2010 11:54 - 5333 days ago
April in Cambodia.Since I arrived here, people have been talking about‘April’ like we in Ireland talk about the weat...
Khmer New Year continues. - 21/Apr/2010 14:11 - 5342 days ago
Khmer New year continues.Khmer New Year officially lasts 3 days, as I think I already said. This year that was 13/14/15thof Apri...
Six Months in Cambodia - 18/Apr/2010 14:39 - 5345 days ago
Six Months in Cambodia.I’ve been a volunteer for six months now. The issues with food, traffic and culture have diminished...
Khmer New Year - 16/Apr/2010 09:29 - 5347 days ago
Khmer New Year.Bonn Choul Chnam.The New Year festival officially lasts for 3 days following the end of the harvest season. ...
Silk Farming in the Siem Reap area. - 22/Mar/2010 13:53 - 5372 days ago
Silk farming in small farms has been common for hundreds of years in Cambodia. Learn the basic procedures included in silk ...
Angkor Wat - 07/Mar/2010 16:20 - 5387 days ago
Don and I visit Angkor Wat.On Saturday last Feb.27th. Don came to Sisophon to visit me. He crossed the border at Poipet, where I...
Khmer Wedding. - 21/Feb/2010 07:00 - 5401 days ago
Khmer Wedding. A Khmer Wedding is usually a 5 day event. This long drawn out ceremony involves the couple, their families a...
Chinese New Year. - 17/Feb/2010 13:20 - 5405 days ago
Chinese New Year.Here in Cambodia Chinese new Year is a 3 day unofficial holiday. For us in Education it means that we are ...
A Taste of Success - 21/Jan/2010 13:45 - 5432 days ago
A taste of SuccessWhen we arrived for our second visit to school number one this morning I was pleasantly surprised to find all ...
Untitled - 14/Jan/2010 14:34 - 5439 days ago
Effective Teaching and Learning, Cambodian styleHaving visited numerous schools in the three districts assigned to me, I have no...
Chicken Eggs 8/1/2010 - 08/Jan/2010 11:28 - 5445 days ago
Chicken Eggs. 8/1/2010Have you ever asked for chicken eggs and been handed bananas? I have. Today I felt like having...
Christmas 2009 in Cambodia - 30/Dec/2009 09:44 - 5454 days ago
Christmas in CambodiaChristmas is not celebrated in Cambodia. This is mainly a Buddhist country with less than 5% of the populat...
Living in Sisophon - 24/Dec/2009 05:40 - 5460 days ago
Ready for the road.Life here is a new experience every day. Even the name of this town is a problem. It seems the name’ Si...
Work at last. - 14/Dec/2009 12:21 - 5470 days ago
Packed and ready to go!Saturday 5th December has finally arrived. The basic language course finished, training done, and shoppin...
The Miracle Tree. - 27/Nov/2009 07:13 - 5487 days ago
The Miracle Tree.This is Ferdie. He told me all about the fruit he grows on his farm.Coconuts grow on coconut palm trees. The yo...
Untitled - 24/Nov/2009 06:44 - 5490 days ago
3. Getting used to life in Cambodia.I’ve been here almost 7 weeks now. Some things have changed. The rain has stopped, the tem...
Untitled - 21/Nov/2009 09:09 - 5493 days ago
It is hard to understand how the horror of the Khmer Rouge era(1975-1979) could have happened. I wonder if it was too awful for...
Interesting Restaurants. - 19/Nov/2009 10:36 - 5495 days ago
A limited menu, but they do serve crocodile!Have your toes tickled as you enjoy your lunch?Have a smashing time!...
Untitled - 19/Nov/2009 10:20 - 5495 days ago
Tuesday; Visit to British Embassy. Mr Andrew Mace the British Ambassador welcomed us and chatted with us for about an hour. Heâ€...
Untitled - 19/Nov/2009 10:10 - 5495 days ago
Monday Nov. 9th.Today is Independence day.I travelled by taxi with 3 other volunteers who will be working in my area to Sisophon...
Untitled - 18/Nov/2009 13:21 - 5496 days ago
Wed.11 Nov.Today we’re off to District Two---Prey-net-prey-a( it means eye of the god) Sokpa arrived promptly at 7 30. I d...
Untitled - 11/Nov/2009 12:02 - 5503 days ago
week 3Today Sunday, I took my courage in my hands, got out the bicycle(not exactly a ten gear, more like a‘high nelly&rsqu...
Untitled - 03/Nov/2009 10:17 - 5511 days ago
,Week 4It’s Sunday again and almost two weeks of language training done. I really need to master the Cambodian langu...
Untitled - 03/Nov/2009 09:56 - 5511 days ago
Getting the hang of living in Cambodia. No. 3I went exploring after school today. I found a small supermarket selling European f...
First Days in Cambodia - 30/Oct/2009 11:24 - 5515 days ago
Wed 14th. Oct.2009 No.1I left Dublin airport at 9.05 a.m. and travelled through Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur, and on to Phnom P...
testing - 11/Oct/2009 21:02 - 5534 days ago
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