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Hi Everyone, The months are just flying by, in just over four weeks, Mark and I are jumping on a few air planes and heading for the UK.  Not being home for 2 ½ years we are beyond excited to see our family, friends and spend time with our grandchildren. We will be sharing updates Read Full Article

April has been a funny month.  It began very cloudy, rained and the temperature was very pleasant not the normal, very hot and humid with little or no rain – climate change?   Not sure! Khmer New Year saw a vast movement of people out of Phnom Penh into the countryside, in places Phnom Penh looked Read Full Article

March has seen an influx of new children into day-care.  By the end of March we will have started 7 new children which is wonderful – that takes us up to 21, 19 full-time and 2 part-time.  Our latest 2 are cousins who live nearby, we start day-care at 8am, but they were so keen Read Full Article

February has been a cool month for us with temperature down to the low 20’s and a lot of cloud and even some rain! February was a very frustrating month for us at day-care.  We had a lovely Valentine’s day with red roses and the next day chaos.  After the children had their sleep, one Read Full Article

Start of a new year, may it be a happy and blessed one for everyone.  We are coming up to Chinese New Year (one of the three celebrated in Cambodia).   For our first of the New Year celebrations, Mark and I and blew some of our pension and went for a few days with a Read Full Article

Glad tidings to you all this Christmas time. I am sitting here listening to a Northern Ireland Talk Radio Show and it is reminding me of what a fallen world we live in, it seems that there is no good news to report anywhere, the whole world is in darkness. Well, here’s the thing,  we Read Full Article

I have a new name! – Malis (Ma-Liz).  Sokheng’s mother cannot say Liz so she calls me Malis (which means white flower or Jasmine as we know it).  I feel honoured to be named after such a beautiful flower.   Sokheng arrived at our house recently with a present of Malis for me which now takes Read Full Article

Start of September we went to see the little disabled community with food aid packs and some gifts for the children.  The families had just about run out of rice and were so glad to see us arrive.  The children carefully looked through the bags and selected what they liked.  The girls loved the girlie Read Full Article

Hi folks, Another very different month.  Mark and I have been working flat out and haven’t been home since January 2020, so we really needed to take a little break.  There are no tourists here at the moment and the hotels are really struggling, room prices including breakfast are extremely cheap, so we took a Read Full Article

Halfway through the year again, where does the time go?  June was a little busier thanks to all of Phnom Penh being reassigned as a Yellow Zone (freedom of movement with restrictions) and curfews have been lifted.  Restaurants are now allowed to open for sit-in with much lower numbers of tables and people. Mark and Read Full Article