Kampong Cham
on Carol and Geoff in Cambodia (Cambodia), 15/Mar/2009 04:30, 34 days ago
Hi everyoneNow into our 2nd week. It's still very hot and humid but our hotel room has air con and a fan which helps a lot! We came from PP on public transport with Bollywood type videos to entertain us! We're 120 km north of PP in a small town on the banks of the Mekong. The language training happens every day except Sunday, 8 - 12 noon.Our teacher, Dara is lovely- friendly, knows his stuff and is keen for us to learn.We're all levels of abilities from Geoff to me!I'm finding it very difficult but will keep going. It's a language with simple structures but difficult sounds and not related to anything we know but at least its not tonal, like Chinese! Dara works us quite hard with homework and lots of vocab to learn each day so time passes quickly but we're finding it tiring.K Cham has 2 western style cafes where we eat. It's not a touristy place. Not particularly scenic but the river is impressive and everyone is curious and friendly. So its an easy place to be, but there's no entertainment except the Premier League which is on TV everywhere. As a treat tonight we're taking a tuk tuk over the Mekong to a beer garden!1 more week here and then we move on to our place, Samrong, to meet my employer and look for somewhere to live.Thanks to you all who have signed in. We're not sure of the technology either but hope we'll learn as we go along!Love to you allCarol and Geoff xx