Going to Thailand

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Originally uploaded by teign_cambodia.

This is the first chance we've had in a while to write in this blog, and will probably be the last time for an ever longer period. The reason for this being that we are about to leave Cambodia and cross into Thailand, where we will almost immediately start our trekking through the national parks.

We have finished our week at the ASPECA 1 orphange, and we all had an amazing time. Two days were spent sanding the four houses that we were working on - a task pretty much all of us agreed was not very exciting. After the sanding was completed, we painted the houses. All of this was done with the help of the orphans, which allowed us to engage with the community at the same time.

The children were amazingly friendly and outgoing - as soon as we arrived children began attaching themselves to us. Two nights ago (our final night there), we had a party with music and dancing that lasted until midnight. We left yesterday, and several members of the team (mostly female, I must add) were very emotional about it. In the evening, we went out for a meal with the director, Mr Kun Vuthy.

Mr Vuthy also took us on a sightseeing tour. It was fun, but also a little painful, as we were sat in the open air in his truck, and the roads in Cambodia are usually a lot less flat than the landscape, making for a bumpy ride.

And now we are back in Battambang, waiting for the pickup trucks which will take us across to Thailand. So, this may well be the last time the blog is updated until we reach Bangkok right at the end of our expedition. It's been amazing so far, so let's hope the second half is as good.

- Danny