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I just got back from a 3-day training in Battambang to learn all about school gardening! Despite doing a basketball court as my grant...

The gifts wrapped in old magazine paper A month late, but nevertheless I final got around to posting! It’s weird to say that this is the...

Right after the run of my lifetime, I went to teach for one day, just to then turn around and take the bus to Phnom Penh for our...

Yes you read that right. Despite not ~loving~ to run, I was convinced to do it. It all started a couple of months ago, in August, before...

I tell you, I am currently trying to savor the “busy” moment and need to remind myself that when it is June, too hot to function, and...

I don’t know my luck that I have had a couple of busy weeks back in my town and I could have never been happier. I know eventually all...

This was my opening line to my mom on the phone when I told her that I just had the first weekend that felt like I was back in the US...

Ok, wrapping up the last post in this thread of blog posts. Sometimes it is crazy how there can be a period of a month where I do...

While on my travels, I met many travellers in Vietnam who also planned to go to Cambodia. I wanted to give them so many recommendations...

First off, long-time-no-see! I just got back from my vacation in Vietnam, but I know I am well overdue with a couple of posts from this...

After a weekend in Siem Reap, I actually had to turn around, come home, pack my bags again and head down to Takeo. For those who may...

After a couple of months being gone from Cambodia, Alia came back to visit the country! Siem Reap is the closest midway point for Kyle...

Hello everyone! As many of you know, I am a current volunteer with Peace Corps Cambodia in a primary school in Banteay Meanchey province....

It’s strange how sometimes I struggle to sit down and write a blog update despite this being a hectic past two weeks. I also tried to...

I’m almost done with a full school year of teaching! The Cambodian school year starts in December, with a break in April, and then...

Hello all and long time no see! I honestly have been so busy this past month, I have barely had time to sit down and write out what has...

As many know, I live in one of the provinces in Cambodia that borders Thailand (specifically to the northwest of Cambodia, called Banteay...

I tell my host sister that the “weekend house” we go to is what “neak mien” have. Saying that wealthier families in the U.S. sometimes...

Well, I have been home this week, bored out of my mind making lesson plan upon lesson plan while on rest. We still had school this week,...

My host sister has told me something that will forever stick with me. No matter who you are, you find comfort in seeking those out who...