Oops! Sorry about the four youtube posts that went up. I tried posting the video a week ago four times and it never posted. Until now. So I’m sorry for clogging up everyone’s inbox with garbage. And in general, sorry for the lack of posts. We certainly have the ability to blog, we just haven’t gotten around to it.
We’re currently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We got here about ten days ago, and we’ll be here for another two weeks or so.
It’s been nice to be a little less transient. We’re staying at a place that feels like home. They have a hammock, a terrace, a huge library, pleasant ambient music and a good-natured owner that likes board games.
Most afternoons we volunteer at a local NGO that helps kids who used to live in the dump. We read to them and teach them English and computer skills. I’m also helping the organization with some technical stuff. Since our work there is only a few hours a day, we have plenty of time for doing nothing.
Phnom Penh has a thriving expat scene. It’s really weird and mildly revolting, but pleasant and addicting at the same time. I’ll go into it in more detail in later posts. In a nutshell, hundreds of NGOs work here, and their employees fund a vibrant world of yoga studios, documentary festivals, Indian restaurants, organic rice, interesting-sounding symposia, art exhibits, etc.
So we oblige. Even with all these things that white people like, we’re living for about $30 a day between the two of us. In San Francisco, we never had the time or the money to do this stuff, but here/now we do!
So all is well.
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