This weekend marks a special holiday, one that I was privileged to see celebrated last year in Phnom Penh. No, I’m not talking about Halloween (although I will certainly be celebrating that tomorrow evening in the Perche) but about the Cambodian Water Festival, or “Bon Om Touk.”
Last November I was torn. Should I go up [...]
An odd occurrence… I came across a website which had taken a quote from my blog… of ALL quotes, oh my!
“Accidents occur mostly because of the stupid, macho attitude of Lexus drivers and oversized vehicles who think they own the road… But if you piddle along like you should, you’re pretty safe.”
This is an excerpt [...]
While sitting out on the porch tonight, working on various web things, I heard something moving in the grass near the herb gardens. The city girl in me wondered for a brief moment if I should be worried, but then I realized that there are so many animals out here in the night that it [...]
There is a mention of my visit to Wat Opot a couple of weeks ago on Wayne’s website, here: http://www.partnersincompassioncambodia.com/index_files/blessings.htm. He also talks about the blessing service they did for me (pics of my own coming soon) and of some other visitors and events that were going on at that time. Enjoy!
Hi – took a few minutes this evening to repair the previously non-functioning “Galleries” page – where you’ll find a few photos of my “au revoir” visit to Wat Opot this week. There are more, but I wanted to share these while waiting to put together something more extensive.
I’m enjoying my last evening in Cambodia [...]
Hello from Phnom Penh… I couldn’t get online at Wat Opot, as my phone (internet-wise) has decided to be funky again – but tonight I’m online at the Green Mango, and Romain is peacefully reading his book across the table while we wait for our dinner.
All is well, very well. I’m very grateful to have [...]
About “What happened”.
When I first learned to scuba dive, I went to the Red Sea to do it.
I had never had a pool session to verify that I actually liked having my head underwater for extended periods of time; I had never had a “discovery” experience in the open water in the hands of [...]
This afternoon I had the pleasure of a surprise visitor, in the person of Xavier, one of David’s cousins. Coincidentally, he’s in Vietnam on business, and only learned about our accident recently. Although David has returned to France, Xavier thought it would be nice to come and see me so that he could report on [...]
The typical Cambodian tuktuk and the typical NGO Range Rover
I’ve tried writing this a million times, and each time I throw it away because something is wrong with it. It’s either too detailed, and so sounds like a police report, or it’s too flip, making it sound like I’m really desperate to make light of a serious matter.
But I’m going to try to just [...]
