Bell walk in Blewbury

Nice long summer day in Blewbury (Oxfordshire)

 

after 2 hour walk, the Bell!

1000 year old yew tree

We took another way...

sunset in Hong Kong

in 3 leapfrogs (PP-Singapore, Singapore- HK, HK-Shanghai), I am heading back home.
At the moment enjoying the free (and super fast!) wifi in HK airport.

sunset at HK international airport

Leaving Phnom Penh

The 2 weeks of training are over- 163 people in total attended the various workshops/presentation in 3 different cities. I am heading towards Shanghai, via Singapore and Hong Kong (ok... not the most direct route!) for more training in Shanghai on Monday and Tuesday!!

from my hotel bedroom: sunrise on PP: bottom left the Centre Merieux, middle right, the lake which has been filled and stirred protest in PP

Centre Merieux (red roof)

Meta Karuna

The training is taking place at the Jesuit centre called Meta Karuna (Pali or Sanskit words for Mercy and Loving Kindness). I am staying there too, as well as Wadt (co-facilitator), her husband and baby.

my bedroom

hotel part

bathroom host

scale of the bathroom host

local petrol station

office host

Sisophon

Botoum Hotel

the breakfast room

our bedroom- Chanry left back to SR tonight

Sisophon

70 minutes drive from Siem Reap to Sisophon, in a comfortable car on a smooth road. We are far from the 3 hours it took us in 2006, on a dirt road with potholes and broken bridges. There are more houses on the sides of the road. Ultimate luxury, the hotel in Sisophon has wifi...

rice paddy fields and nets to catch crickets (Khmer delicacy but not tested yet...)

in Siem Reap

Quiet day today- I am back to the free wifi Hotel de la Paix catching up with late work. Chanry and I are heading to Sisophon at the end of the afternoon.

Phnom Penh - Siem Reap

6 hours of bus from PP to SR

at the bus station in PP

crossing the Muslim neighbourhood, North of PP

the Mekong River

a Buddhist Temple

another mosque

chillies drying

improving the road

20 minute break in Kampong Thom

traffic jam

Salabai - the room I stay is the one where the boys stayed in March 2010 - but there is one big improvement: the free Wifi!!!

dinner at candle lights. The electricity went off... luckily after my nice Siem Reap style fish was cooked!