Title: Gilly Clifford (
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The Great Province Run - 15/Jan/2013 11:19 - 4342 days ago
[Warning: Epic blog post coming up, put the kettle on, make a cuppa and get comfy before reading.]Typical antics on Cambodia's r...
The Great Province Run - 15/Jan/2013 04:51 - 4342 days ago
[Warning: Epic blog post coming up, put the kettle on, make a cuppa and get comfy before reading.]Typical antics on Cambodia's r...
Koh Kong and Kayaking - 13/Nov/2012 03:52 - 4405 days ago
This week Sarah and Will arrived for their two week Cambodian holiday which was wicked. I met them at Phnom Penh airport a...
Now published: Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie - 04/Nov/2012 05:02 - 4414 days ago
Hand-Painted Signs of KratieLadies& Gentlemen,I present to you what many are tipping for this year's surprise Christmas best...
Education Today article - 02/Nov/2012 14:13 - 4416 days ago
VSO recently asked me to write an article about my placement in Cambodia for the magazine Education Today that they frequently c...
End of the rains, end of my placement - 30/Oct/2012 12:50 - 4419 days ago
The rainy season has finally come to an end so we no longer need to travel around like this.... And with the end of t...
Pchum Ben in Preak Prasab - 15/Oct/2012 14:00 - 4434 days ago
Cambodia is noisy at the best of times but the recent funeral in the house behind our bedroom was a rude awakening like no other...
Two year celebration - 06/Oct/2012 10:46 - 4443 days ago
The other weekend, we packed our bags and headed off to the nearby province of Kampong Cham to meet up with our fellow September...
Five minutes with...Sam Roberts - 17/Sep/2012 10:42 - 4462 days ago
Clipboard CrewThese blog posts are a bit like buses - after only three in July and August combined it's three in less than a wee...
My birthday in Phnom Penh - 14/Sep/2012 23:57 - 4465 days ago
Keep reading for videos of more diving board action... So I've now landed firmly in my mid-30s (34!) so it seemed fitting t...
Something I wrote for VSO's blog - 13/Sep/2012 12:15 - 4466 days ago
I've hada piece published on the main VSO blog about a workshop I attended back in June. Keen readers will notice that I'm not i...
Sample pages from 'Hand Painted Signs of Kratie' book - 03/Aug/2012 23:17 - 4507 days ago
News of my progress against one ofthis year's New Year resolutions, includingthis sample page from my forthcoming book 'Hand Pai...
Child Friendly Schools and another TV appearence - 15/Jul/2012 10:55 - 4526 days ago
I now have less than three months to go before I finish my placement which makes me feel sad but also excited about the prospec...
We made the Phnom Penh Post - 01/Jul/2012 02:53 - 4540 days ago
Followingour appearance on national TVwe have now appeared in the lifestyle supplement of one of Cambodia's two English language...
Translating the hand painted signs of Kratie - 21/Jun/2012 00:35 - 4550 days ago
This is one of a handful ofsigns I've had translated and profiled on my other blog.Sponsor Us...
Take 2: Our Appearance on National TV - 05/Jun/2012 11:19 - 4566 days ago
Followingthis post by Gillyour moment has finally come. This four minute trailerextolling the virtues of Kratie province is...
Kayak the River Gambia: Challenge Completed - 25/May/2012 02:58 - 4577 days ago
In March 2007, our friend Shadie died in a car crash in The Gambia. A charity has been set up in his name and in 2009 I took par...
Local Celebrities - 24/May/2012 00:49 - 4578 days ago
On Tuesday, Sam's boss came into his office and asked 'Sam, do you want to be a filmstar?' Sam considered the question and...
The big trip back home - 23/May/2012 07:45 - 4579 days ago
Me and Sam have been on a bit of a journey this last month visiting England for the first time together. It was also my first ti...
On holiday with Sam and Birdy - 17/May/2012 03:44 - 4585 days ago
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The Phnom Penh Cyclo Driver, a film by Lin Ravy - 27/Mar/2012 09:33 - 4636 days ago
When CRDT openedtheir new tour operator servicelast year they were very lucky to recruit Mr Lin Ravy to the team. I was on ...
Health and Fitness (includes Sam's video skipping guide) - 04/Mar/2012 02:21 - 4659 days ago
Before we left England both of us were in pretty good shape. We used to cycle around 30 minutes to and from work (obviously...
Sam in Bangladesh - 26/Feb/2012 12:47 - 4666 days ago
It's all been a bit quiet on the blogging front so here's a little insight into my study tour to Bangladesh last month to make u...
Sparkles and Puppets - 27/Jan/2012 09:24 - 4696 days ago
Two weeks ago Kratie had its Provincial Education Congress Meeting which lasted for two days. It's very ceremonial so everyone ...
Learning Khmer Through Hip Hop - 19/Jan/2012 02:23 - 4704 days ago
A colleague passed me this which I thought was fun, a UK Hip Hop artist who has relocated to Phnom Penh running through some of ...
Happy New Year! - 03/Jan/2012 09:33 - 4720 days ago
Celebrating in styleNormal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEKHMMicrosoftInternetExplorer4/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable ...
Christmas, Kratie Style - 26/Dec/2011 13:04 - 4728 days ago
Merry Christmas once again from Cambodia. Afterthe dreamcame the reality of waking up at 5.30am to sub-20-degree temperatur...
Merry Christmas from Cambodia - 18/Dec/2011 08:16 - 4736 days ago
Another Christmas in the tropics (click for full size image)Merry Christmas one and all! For your own health and safety we'...
Jetsetting round Cambodia - 29/Nov/2011 03:39 - 4755 days ago
I haven't written a blog for awhile, mainly because I've been busy with work and study but also because Sam seems to have been o...
Signs and Other Stuff - 26/Nov/2011 02:38 - 4758 days ago
In amongst the photos that we take and place on the blog there are always some that don't quite fit with what we're writing abou...
Cambodian Rural Development Tours - 22/Nov/2011 03:03 - 4762 days ago
SinceI started my VSO placement in FebruaryI've been planning to write a bit more about what I actually do. I'm not being l...
Heroes in a Half Shell - 20/Nov/2011 06:01 - 4764 days ago
Cantor's soft shell turtle at about two years oldWhen Gilly's parents were here we took the opportunity to visitthe recent...
What's in a Name? (Rattanakiri Part Two) - 13/Nov/2011 01:33 - 4771 days ago
I think Ratanakiri might be my second favourite place in Cambodia so far, second only to Kratie of course. Despite the long...
Tragedy at the Lake (Rattanakiri Part One) - 12/Nov/2011 10:26 - 4772 days ago
Algae at Yeak Loam[This blog post is in two parts because of the significance of events during our visit to Ratanakiri. Par...
Cambodian Pop: 'Chong Baan Prowpun Khmer' - 30/Oct/2011 04:05 - 4785 days ago
My (Sam's) current favourite Cambodian pop song. It's got something about it (not really sure what) that makes it stand out fro...
The River Gambia - 20/Oct/2011 09:41 - 4795 days ago
This has nothing to do with Cambodia but.......My crazy little brother is kayaking down the River Gambia with his equally crazy ...
Food for Thought - 16/Oct/2011 04:45 - 4799 days ago
As the logo above suggests, today is 'Blog Action Day', the topic is food, so here's my action in the form of a blog.First, to s...
The long awaited holiday - 03/Oct/2011 08:31 - 4812 days ago
We headed off on our much anticipated holiday in the pouring rain, wading through ankle deep water outside our house to get to t...
Chhlong and Back - 18/Sep/2011 07:00 - 4827 days ago
Gilly is in intensive training for a 100km charity cycle ride around the Angkor temples in December. That's 62...
Jumping, Jar Wine&the Bumps - 17/Sep/2011 05:15 - 4828 days ago
Those who know me well will be aware that I love jumping and diving off things into water. Holidays in France were full of...
Mud, mud and more mud - 15/Sep/2011 03:19 - 4830 days ago
Last week we had a workshop to introduce some new resources into grade 1. It lasted four days and went really well with lots of ...
Flooding... - 13/Sep/2011 03:10 - 4832 days ago
After a week of heavy rains, most of the roads in Kratie look like this:The end of our roadSponsor Us...
Birthday Fun! - 11/Sep/2011 05:27 - 4834 days ago
After over a month of being in seperate countries, it is lovely to have Sam home again and to be able to spend his birthday toge...
One year in Cambodia! - 02/Sep/2011 07:27 - 4843 days ago
Happy One Year in Cambodia Anniversary to the September 2010 Group!!Happy Birthday Danny and Leandra in PP last yearand here's t...
My work in pictures - 26/Aug/2011 09:35 - 4850 days ago
Over the last few months, I've been quite busy on and off with lesson observations, making resources and various workshops.The n...
Road trip: take 2 - 20/Aug/2011 11:03 - 4856 days ago
It seems that whenever Sam leaves me to head back to London (yes, this is the second time that he is drinking tea with milk and ...
Reasons to be thankful... - 30/Jun/2011 09:44 - 4907 days ago
For the last two weeks I've been back in the UK. This wasn't organised to coincide with Wimbledon, I came back at short no...
Road Trip - 21/Jun/2011 13:42 - 4916 days ago
Mondulkiri here we come!To celebrate Ingran's 30th birthday and the fact that I now have full medical clearance again (and never...
kRATie - 14/Jun/2011 23:58 - 4923 days ago
A few weeks ago we started noticing small bites being taken out of our bananas every night. We assumed it was the big geck...
Kratie Market Update - 10/Jun/2011 13:09 - 4927 days ago
To be fair, Kratie Market was never the most beautiful place but it was our market and I loved it. I have found the speed to whi...
Working hard - finally! - 09/Jun/2011 06:12 - 4928 days ago
It's an extremely hot Thursday lunch time and Sam is making the most of our long break by reading in the hammock. I, however, wa...
Here comes the rain.... - 05/Jun/2011 12:15 - 4932 days ago
The rainy season has well and truely started now (early) and we feel lucky to have missed the swealtering heat that we heard so ...
Fire at Kratie Market - 02/Jun/2011 00:17 - 4935 days ago
This is the scene today at Kratie market where, in the early hours of this morning, a fire started. The main covered...
O Flower of Battambang - 29/May/2011 13:36 - 4939 days ago
A number of Cambodia's 24 provinces feature in the popular music of the country and bus journeys between them are notable for th...
CRD TV (&Gordon Ramsey) - 25/May/2011 08:08 - 4943 days ago
Water pumping by Denise MarikaThe Cambodian Rural Development Team (CRDT), where I'm currently working, were lucky to be visited...
Gout and about - 19/May/2011 07:25 - 4949 days ago
"The king of diseases and the disease of kings"Aftera fun weekendwith a rolling roster of visitors to Kratie I noticed a dull th...
Sports and Socialising - 15/May/2011 05:42 - 4953 days ago
Kratie in May is a busy time with holidays coming thick and fast and families trying to squeeze in wedding before the rains begi...
Koh Maak - 30/Apr/2011 05:57 - 4968 days ago
Island life...With Easter, weddings and May Day it sounds like people back home have been having something of a holiday season....
Home at Last - 30/Apr/2011 04:47 - 4968 days ago
My life is slowly getting back to normal. I have now visited Bangkok 3 times for varying lengths of time for the operation and c...
Floating Down the Mekong - 31/Mar/2011 06:23 - 4998 days ago
Photo byZacLast Thursday saw members ofCRDTstaff, tourists, VSO volunteers and a police escort float along a 20km stretch ofthe ...
Holidays and Hands - 20/Mar/2011 06:23 - 5009 days ago
It seems like quite a long time since I've written a post so there must be quite a lot to catch up on. I did finally make it bac...
TEDxPhnomPenh Videos - 04/Mar/2011 06:51 - 5025 days ago
Phloeun Prim- Transformation of a Nation Through the ArtsThe videos of all the talks and performances fromlast month's TEDxPhnom...
Four things the last week has taught me... - 25/Feb/2011 13:28 - 5032 days ago
1. Bangkok is the place to come for health care, Phnom Penh isn't. We've racked up well over $4,000 in bills already...
Operation Bangkok - 22/Feb/2011 01:08 - 5035 days ago
We are still in Bangkok! This is going to be quite a wordy post as neither of us have our cameras which is such a shame as it wo...
And so it goes on... - 16/Feb/2011 10:16 - 5041 days ago
Just to keep you all posted on my hand saga, here's a very short post. I came down to Phnom Penh on Tuesday to get my extremely ...
Sharing Skills, Changing Lives - 12/Feb/2011 06:40 - 5045 days ago
Show me the money!On the 2nd February 2011, we finally hit our target of£2,000!The money raised for VSO will be used to support...
TEDxReview - 07/Feb/2011 13:30 - 5050 days ago
So I eventually made it to Phnom Penh andlast weekend's TEDx event. Here I'll attempt to provide a digest of a great day f...
TED Talks - 04/Feb/2011 01:04 - 5053 days ago
I'm just waiting for the bus to Phnom Penh to get there ahead oftomorrow's TEDx event. The good news for those who can't a...
Me and the Mekong - 01/Feb/2011 07:03 - 5056 days ago
Two bits of good news followingGilly's sad news...First, I have now formally been appointed as a VSO volunteer here in Kratie To...
A little bit broken... - 27/Jan/2011 13:37 - 5061 days ago
On Tuesday, I woke up at 5.30am and got ready for my morning run along the river front. I was a bit more tired than usual as the...
Where have all the fish gone? - 20/Jan/2011 11:39 - 5068 days ago
Perhaps inspired bythis article, film maker Tom Fawthrop has been working his way up and down the mighty Mekong to gain an insig...
TEDxPhnomPenh - 12/Jan/2011 03:55 - 5076 days ago
Next month, in Phnom Penh, TED comes to Cambodia. For those unfamiliar with TED it is a speaker/conference programme with,...
Kratie's Sights and Delights - 11/Jan/2011 06:21 - 5077 days ago
Welcome to beautiful Kratie!This weekend was another Bank Holiday weekend so Paul, Ingran and Dave left their provinces and head...
Get a proper job... - 09/Jan/2011 08:37 - 5079 days ago
The rice harvest: most Cambodians work in this type of agricultural work, largely for basic subsistence.Reflecting on the New Ye...
A Kratie Christmas - 06/Jan/2011 09:25 - 5082 days ago
A Cambodian Christmas...Christmas Eve was spent in excited anticipation of Paul, Jeltje and Ingran arriving and it also involve...
Mountains and Temples - 01/Jan/2011 09:30 - 5087 days ago
Just before Christmas, I did two very exciting things: I visited Mondulkiri (which means Meeting of Mountains) on a Study Visit;...
Merry Christmas - 22/Dec/2010 06:44 - 5097 days ago
Christmas hat party, it's a 'tinsel teapot' and a wise (wo)manA little message from us to wish you all a very Merry Christ...
Test Email subscription - 20/Dec/2010 02:34 - 5099 days ago
This is a test post to see if the new email subscription service works correctly.Here's a picture:Here's alink.Sponsor Us...
Wrapping Paper - 18/Dec/2010 03:03 - 5101 days ago
More from these two later...Cambodia is a country full of surprises and the latest one for me was on a mission to Kratie m...
Holiday! - 14/Dec/2010 04:44 - 5105 days ago
Lots of this to come I fear...With the seasonal flurry of bank holidays back in the UK almost here, VSO Cambodia have released d...
Koh Preah - 08/Dec/2010 10:39 - 5111 days ago
Excuse the wonky picture, this map was on a very low ceiling so the picture was taken without the view finder...So Gilly has bee...
Untitled - 06/Dec/2010 08:30 - 5113 days ago
Having been inspired by my friend Will (whose pictures of India you can seehere) I have compiled some hopefully similarly funny ...
Cambodian schools - 06/Dec/2010 08:26 - 5113 days ago
As promised, here are some pictures from my first visit to Cambodian schools.First we had to climb onto a boat that took us the ...
A bit of culture.... - 03/Dec/2010 13:49 - 5116 days ago
This weekend we went to Phnom Penh and stayed with Danny, another Education volunteer working at The Ministry of Education. It f...
The first 3 months! - 02/Dec/2010 09:43 - 5117 days ago
At the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh just after it poured with rain.Today I have officially been in Cambodia for 3 months. Weirdly ...
Enemies of the People - 26/Nov/2010 10:13 - 5123 days ago
“Stunning. One of the most gripping and moving films I have ever seen.”- Andrew Marr, BBC RadioDannyreminded me of the relea...
Gas - 23/Nov/2010 11:20 - 5126 days ago
Gilly has already written aboutour new house, but here's a little side plot which I was involved with as part of the move...&nbs...
Ratanakiri - 23/Nov/2010 10:44 - 5126 days ago
Cambodia has a very large number of public holidays (seethe full list here). This weekend just gone wasthe water festivalw...
Our New house (take 2) - 18/Nov/2010 12:47 - 5131 days ago
Last Sunday after returning from Ingran's house party in Stung Treng feeling a little blurry eyed, we set out to move house yet ...
The Ice Man Cometh...* - 12/Nov/2010 01:19 - 5137 days ago
Is this him? Ice Ice BabyMy work with the local University has introduced me to the Cambodian obsessions with passport phot...
House leaving party - 10/Nov/2010 02:07 - 5139 days ago
As this Tuesday was yet another holiday and the new volunteers were in town, we decided to have our housewarming party on the Mo...
Our first Kmai Wedding - 10/Nov/2010 01:35 - 5139 days ago
After only being in Kratie for a week, we were invited to our first Kmai wedding. It is wedding season after all! We decided tha...
Friday Fun - 05/Nov/2010 09:20 - 5144 days ago
Friday is my day off work so here's some things to help ease you into the weekend back home.First up is Gilly's face yesterday w...
Frog in my throat... - 02/Nov/2010 03:03 - 5147 days ago
Mmmm, grilled frog...You'll be pleased to hear that I haven't (yet) succumbed to the frog-eating ways of the locals, although f...
Sleepy Sam - 31/Oct/2010 13:17 - 5149 days ago
Some things never change .....He says it's because of the 4am wake up call we keep having but I'm not convinced!Sponsor Us...
Water Management - 31/Oct/2010 05:27 - 5149 days ago
The rainy season is drawing to a close and the country is preparing for the big water festival to mark its end in a couple of we...
Our new Kratie home - 30/Oct/2010 11:20 - 5150 days ago
On Saturday 23rd October we drove the four hours from Phnom Penh to Kratie to make the long awaited move into our new house.Here...
Prey Speu - 30/Oct/2010 05:39 - 5150 days ago
Prey Speu, near the Cambodian capital Phnom PenhJo sent methis articlepublished in last week's Guardian newspaper. Read ithere....
Home (not so!) Alone - 30/Oct/2010 03:54 - 5150 days ago
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Phnom Mannu Proh and Mannu Sray - 30/Oct/2010 03:35 - 5150 days ago
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Cambodian Cool - 14/Oct/2010 08:22 - 5166 days ago
They call me Cool, Mr Cool'Fashion' in the UK when I left was revolving around theHackney Hipsterlook, which can be summarised a...
A little update - 13/Oct/2010 11:23 - 5167 days ago
We've quickly got back into the routine of Kampong Cham which, while it is quite comforting, is starting to get a little tedious...
Cambodian Signwriting - 05/Oct/2010 07:09 - 5175 days ago
There is some great signage and signwriting in Cambodia, seea little write up here.Sponsor Us...
Kratie Top Ten - 05/Oct/2010 04:10 - 5175 days ago
Last week was placement week where all of our group dispersed across the country to check our their future home towns. Gil...
Photos from Kampong Cham - 04/Oct/2010 13:25 - 5176 days ago
Wat Nakor (temple) which is supposed to have been built in the Angkor era.The inside of the Wat which was beauitful and peaceful...
Our Placement Week in Kratie - 04/Oct/2010 07:25 - 5176 days ago
Celebrating our arrival in Kratie with beers by the riverWe arrived in Kratie in time to see one of the most beautiful sunsets e...
Tea (and coffee) - 23/Sep/2010 08:05 - 5187 days ago
My obsession with tea (tai) continues in Cambodia although I'm having to learn to live without my Earl Grey and my massive mug. ...
Sambodia - 22/Sep/2010 04:04 - 5188 days ago
"It'll be an amazing experience" was a line I heard a lot just before making my way to join Gilly in Cambodia. That hasn't...
Cambodia so far... - 20/Sep/2010 13:32 - 5190 days ago
This is my very first ever blogging experience and Sam has informed me it should be interesting, short and sharp (apparently he ...
Gilly Lands - 06/Sep/2010 13:04 - 5204 days ago
Thanks to everyone who joined us to give Gilly a proper send off last week, there were beers and tears all over. I've spok...
Vroom! Vroom! - 13/Aug/2010 13:36 - 5228 days ago
Last week we headed down to Crystal Palace athletics stadium which was the surprising location for our motorbike training. ...
John Pilger: Cambodia - 10/Aug/2010 17:12 - 5231 days ago
As part of preparing to start our placement Gilly and I are researching Cambodia, its culture and history. This is referre...
Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch found guilty - 27/Jul/2010 07:07 - 5245 days ago
Yesterday chief Duch was sentenced in the first of a series of trials against members of the Khmer Rouge. Here'sthe BBC wr...
Pub Quiz Report - 22/Jul/2010 12:46 - 5250 days ago
Last night saw roughly 80 people assemble into 14 teams for a pub quiz to raise money for VSO. There was also a raffle wit...
Escaping the Khmer Rouge - 17/Jul/2010 21:12 - 5255 days ago
A brief but insightful talk from Sophal Ear about his family's escape from Cambodia in the late 1970s. FromTED.Sponsor Us...
Raffle Prizes - 15/Jul/2010 13:57 - 5257 days ago
We've now raised£430 through donations andthe book saleso we're just over 20% of the way to our target of£2,000. You can...
Book Sale, Part One - 11/Jul/2010 16:42 - 5261 days ago
Sam& Gilly all set and ready to go.Today we headed over to Gillespie Park and set up a stall outside as part of their craft ...
Gillespie Park Fete - 07/Jul/2010 16:32 - 5265 days ago
Books, books, booksThis Sunday, before the world cup final, we'll be manning a book stall at the fete in Gillespie Park to...
Early Thanks - 02/Jul/2010 14:26 - 5270 days ago
We've had a good response so far to our initial fundraising efforts,£145 raised in direct donations viathe Just Giving page, th...
Around the World in 80 Dumps - 23/Jun/2010 06:50 - 5279 days ago
Around the World in 80 Dumps: Small Steps ProjectfromAmy HansononVimeo.On our recent training weekend 'Preparing to Volunteer' w...
Pub Quiz - 18/Jun/2010 14:51 - 5284 days ago
We're kicking off our fundraising efforts for VSO with a pub quiz and raffle on Wednesday, 21st July in Camden, London. Ge...
Disability Rights in Cambodia - 17/Jun/2010 06:40 - 5285 days ago
The Cambodian Government has confirmed that it will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities after i...
Sex Trafficking in Cambodia - 08/Jun/2010 22:11 - 5294 days ago
This articleoffers a comprehensive and disturbing account of the severity and extent of trafficking women in and out of Cambodia...
River of Time - 06/Jun/2010 15:15 - 5296 days ago
Sam has just finished reading Jon Swain'sRiver of Time. The book describes his journey working as a journalist in Cambodia...
VSO Volunteer Experience Video - 28/May/2010 10:41 - 5305 days ago
We're taking a number of courses to prepare us for the experience which listening to these volunteers will be like no other.Shar...
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