Having recently seen the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen’s music was fresh in my mind. Several of my teammates had seen the film and loved it as I did. Hearing Western pop music is common around the globe, even among people who have no idea what the lyrics mean. Cambodians love to sing and dance … Continue reading
Lucky me. I arrived in Siem Reap 5 days ahead of my Habitat Global Village Team. We would all be meeting at the end of the week to begin our adventure together, building houses for two families in need in the Tbeng Kert village, about an hour outside of Siem Reap. I wanted to spend … Continue reading
At the top of many a Bucket List is Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument. But what is Angkor Wat and what is it not? In fact, Angkor Wat is not a temple at all, it’s a city containing hundreds of temples, towers, spiral structures, colonnades, and courtyards, many lavishly decorated. It was originally … Continue reading
Day 5! Our final day arrived in the usual fashion – here before you know it, yet feeling physically tired having put in four full days of hard work, doing the kind of jobs most of us are not used to. Add the Cambodian heat and humidity to the mix and a few tummy bugs … Continue reading
Day 4! At the end of the day, I sat in amazement. I was looking at a house that was 95% finished and on Monday all that was in its place was a piece of parched earth with six square holes in the ground, waiting to be filled with concrete pillars to hold up a … Continue reading
Day 3! Today we were really rocking and rolling! Not just on the houses, but on the worksite when our host coordinator Pak and our translator Thy and construction supervisor Chai busted out the karaoke machine and sang American country western music! Some of the ladies on our team are now known as the “Pak-ettes“! … Continue reading
USA | FIJI | NEW ZEALAND | AUSTRALIA | SINGAPORE | THAILAND | EGYPT | ITALY | TURKEY | USA Like all the others, I began writing this post during our time in country. Also like many posts before, it wasn’t possible to publish it while I was there. Sometimes we were too busy living … Continue reading
USA | FIJI | NEW ZEALAND | AUSTRALIA | SINGAPORE | THAILAND | EGYPT | ITALY | TURKEY | USA Homeschool? Me? Never! Or so I thought. Although I was less than impressed with my children’s public school education and where we live private school costs a small fortune, it wasn’t until about a year … Continue reading
USA | FIJI | NEW ZEALAND | AUSTRALIA | SINGAPORE | THAILAND | EGYPT | ITALY | TURKEY | USA We didn’t have much time to explore Singapore. I’d planned for us to be here longer but because one of our flights was changed, we departed Australia a day later than I’d hoped. Singapore is … Continue reading
