More than 4000 Islands
It was sad to say goodbye to the many people we love in Siem Reap but it’s wonderful to be on our way. My feet feel light, my heart is singing and I keep bursting […]
Cambodia
Fried insects and solar fans
We hadn’t been very far afield for the last few weeks but we had heard that the solar lights we installed in Lighting up a village are a big hit. In fact, they’ve been serving a […]
On becoming a digital nomad
When I first started travelling in the early eighties, being able to keep on travelling meant finding work in each new place. It was usually bar work, waitressing, cleaning and such-like. My first overseas job […]
A trip to Battambang
Note that ’bang’ is pronounced ‘bong’. One of the best things about going to Battambang is getting there by boat. The boat leaves Siem Reap, travels briefly along the very dirty Siem Reap river, crosses […]
Lighting up a village
The first time we came to Cambodia, we met a teenage boy working in the guesthouse where we stayed in Siem Reap. He had a big smile and very little English. This was the beginning […]
Settling into Siem Reap
This is the third time we’ve been to Siem Reap in the last decade. We thought it would be an easy place to sit down for a while and ‘wait for our souls to catch […]
The beginning of a great adventure
It’s almost three years since my last blog post. That’s how long it’s taken to finish setting up our home base in the beautiful NSW Northern Rivers and to extricate ourselves from the familiar comfort […]
Adventurous Hermit 