Day One in Cambodia

Hello Everyone,

Today was my first full day in Cambodia!! Yesterday I arrived at about 4 in the arvo and was meet and the airpor by Elise and a driver, then we made our way back to the guest house and settled in. This didn't take very long as our room in very simple and small. Then we went with our coordinator Kimlay and a UK couple to the Night Markets, we had only a small look around though, so hopefully we will go again. Folllowing from this we went for a massage, a full body one hour massage cost us $7US - it was like a slice of heaven ( Billy I am pretty sure you would just live in the massage parlour) then we went out for a yummy local cuisine dinner. After returning we had a small incident with a cockrouch but that eventually resolved , after alot of screaming ( mainly elise), jumping ( me onto Elise), and book throwing.

Today has been nice and simple with a yummy breakfast beaugette to start, then a small orenitation ( which was pretty useless), learning a bit of the language before being meet by Sarah and Andrew from Sydney ( they will be on our project for the next week) - Andrew seems pretty cool exspecially. Together we had lunch then went to visit our project, the kids were just about to leave to go to their soccer match against another orphanage, they were all wearing matching uniforms that were all one size, so it was hanging off some of the little guys. They all pilled into a tiny truck. We asked to go see them play, and everyone said yes, but the guide and tuk tuk driver just didn't take us. Instead we went to the Russian markets - i went a bit crazy with buying box sets of tv programs, greys anantomy, gilmore girls, friends, and all of audrey hepburns movies. I am shit at bargaining they were like 6 dollars, i said 5, they said no 6, so i was like oh ok. Luckily Elise is much better than me.

Me and Elise began filming a video blog, however as i am retarded i forgot they video vord is diffrent to my cameras and i didn't bring it - so, ill just have to post them all at the end unless brett can find it in my room ( i have no idea where to look, Billy do you have it?) and sends it over...mind you it would prob get lost in traslation....

The computer today isn't regeristering my camera either, so hopefully another will and i can post some photos. Particualry we wanted to show you the bathroom as the shower just comes out of the wall in the tiny space between toliet and basin, and the basin pipes just pour striaght onto the floor!!

It is amazing here, i think i am a bit more settles than the others with the culture shock exspecially on the roads, because it is much quiter than INDIA. But it deffiently has it's own smells and views. Some of the stuff you see just makes you want to laugh, like today we saw a man riding a bike with like 10000 dead chicken hung on the front ( hopefully i can get the pic up later).

Hopefully we will have alot of stories to tell you as we settle in and get the flow of the place, but for now, ill say goodbye!

xx