KAMPOT, FISH ISLAND COMMUTE
Every time I commute to Fish Island I am confronted with the dilemma of whether to call for a passapp. Passapp is an app to call the little tuktuks. Like Uber and Grab. A price of $3.00 is recommended for the trip however I am always asked for more as is the way of the tuktuk driver, always want more. I tell them from the … Continue reading KAMPOT, FISH ISLAND COMMUTE
SPRINGTIME IN KAMPOT
Its not really springtime here its still dry season but things are blooming ,it feels springlike there is a tree in my yard that has had an amazing bloom of violet trumpet like flowers, they looked splendid until the breeze blew and blew next thing the whole yard was carpeted in violet flowers and dead leaves . It was shedding I guess as now it … Continue reading SPRINGTIME IN KAMPOT
FISH ISLAND FUN
On Friday first stepping stones class . The idea is too help anyone with English conversation, basic abc. the older kids are very good at reading and writing English , they want to learn other skills to better themselves. There was a total of 13 on Friday, expanding to 38 on Saturday and 40+ on Sunday !!!! On Saturday we did the same as Friday … Continue reading FISH ISLAND FUN
SOOU-SDEY
This is my favourite sounding word in Khmer. It is good morning, hello, good afternoon. It has a great melody and for me easy to pronounce. I don’t have to do aerobics with my tongue to pronounce it right. With my first stepping stones to English class starting on Friday I have had to bring my Khmer up to scratch with some basic words and … Continue reading SOOU-SDEY
SALT,SEWING, SETTLING
Finally after zooming along in a tuk tuk to Fish Island these past few months its harvest time. I have watched as the saltfields fill up with water, seeing them crystalize over the past few weeks and the water slowly evaporate. It is all done manually. I see the farmers walking up and down these fields with a wooden structure they carry on their shoulders … Continue reading SALT,SEWING, SETTLING
KAMPOT NOT QUITE GOT THE LOT
Let me tell you about my little town Kampot Cambodia, a town I only heard about because I have friends here. Firstly there are no multinational fast food outlets so if you crave KFC or Maccas you have to travel 4 hours on a bus to Phnom Penh. There are no big supermarkets here, no 7/11’s lots of little family run mini marts stocking basics. … Continue reading KAMPOT NOT QUITE GOT THE LOT
ROOM WITH A VIEW
I will miss my view when I move in 10 days. I have an incredible fantastic view from my Casablanca feeling room with its shuttered windows. The view has changed a lot since I moved here in mid September. How can a view change ? Well they chopped the leafy Indian Elm down that cosseted my room and gave me comfort in its age and … Continue reading ROOM WITH A VIEW
I JUST WANT TO BOIL AN EGG
It has been a quite week here in many ways for me. A week of constantly reading fire updates from Australia. My old home and area of Wandiligong which is in the High country of Victoria was and is under great threat . All my friends evacuated including my ex husband who still has a firewood yard and timber stocks. Thankfully in this last fire … Continue reading I JUST WANT TO BOIL AN EGG
KAMPOT WELCOMES 2020
A happy 2020 to all of us in this world. Let it be the year of change in a good way. I’ll start with the events of Christmas day, the reason my friend KekSoon celebrates it is because she was a maid in Malaysia for an English family for 8 years and embraced not the religious but the day itself where a family comes together … Continue reading KAMPOT WELCOMES 2020
KAMPOT CHRISTMAS
Happy holidays to all. I am sitting outside my digs watching the river flow by as the Cambodian sun beats down. Its 9.30 am Christmas Day 2019. Christmas is only big with the expats here, luckily many of the cafes are run by expats mainly French who have some decorations up, my hotel however is run by an Englishman. Decoration wise there are 2 trees … Continue reading KAMPOT CHRISTMAS
Rubber soles open roads 