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Thankfully the weather has cooled down again, and we are at normal temperatures of 33-36 degrees.  Rain is threatening every day but so far nothing substantial.  Everyone waits for rainy season and after two days of heavy rain we just want it to go away again.   We are never happy!!! As rainy season approaches, we Read Full Article

May has been very hot in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand temperatures were the hottest they have been for 170 years.  Some days we reached 41 degrees but with the humidity on top it felt more like 47.   The air was so hot we had to keep the windows in day care closed.  Cooling off involved Read Full Article

We have now had Chinese New Year, lots of dragons, and red lanterns around Phnom Penh to celebrate the year of the Dragon.   A lot of you will have renewed your yearly gym membership after Christmas and will have been given an incentive for joining, well here I noticed a new gym notice saying you Read Full Article

Happy New Year or in Khmer (Bon Choul Chnam Tami) we are now celebrating Chinese New Year in February and then we will celebrate Khmer New Year in April. We have been enjoying a few days of cooler weather lately which is nice and welcomed before we start the climb to hot season when temperatures Read Full Article

Christmas in Cambodia is different from back home, the displays in the shopping malls can leave you a little bewildered.  An example? I haven’t a clue what Santa is doing with his head in the upside-down tree and why there is only 3 christmas balls on the small tree below!!! We took our staff for Read Full Article