i'm in cambodia. i love this country.. it's so different to anything i've ever seen before, and it's beautiful. the people here, thirty years ago suffered so much despair. they had to go through so much, and yet they smile so much now. it's a truly inspiring thing to see. i realize that most of the people alive now were not alive during the khmer rouge genocide, but their parents were, and grandparents, if they're still alive, were. the faces of the old people (of which there are few), are dark, sad faces. they have known how horrible people can be to each other....
i spent a week staying on a tropical island off the south west coast of cambodia, and i've spent the rest of the last week living in phnom penh. i met a woman here who has been helping the street kids out as much as possible. a couple days ago she and i took 6kgs of rice to the slums for a few families that she knew needed it especially. we also took rice and banana sweets for the kids. the looks on their faces were priceless. so beautiful, they break your heart. i really like it here. i like helping these kids, spending my time and money doing something worth while..it feels right. i plan to come back someday, hopefully soon. i don't know when i will be able to though. i might come back in may....i have no idea. i just know that i am happy being here doing this.
i came over to asia because of a guy i met in fiji. he and i stayed together on the island i mentioned earlier. we weren't getting along as well as hoped, so i'm travelling on my own for the time being..it's going well so far, not that i've really travelled all that much since i left the island, really just the bus ride from the port to here. i met engi (sp?), the woman i'm helping, on our way down to phnom penh from the thai border almost two weeks ago. so when i got here i met her again only a couple hours later. so i can't really say i've been on my own all that much. but i'm not scared of being on my own now.
i have a sore throat, so i'm going to get some lozenges...i have so much to write everyday, and it's all in my notebook..when i have time i will write much more about this phenomenal country and the beautiful people in it...
xo