Avocados

. . . and we thought the avocado we bought at the market was huge.

Big Leaf

Our Bungalow at Kep

Friday, August 19, 2011

This is a beautiful bungalow--swimming pool, view of the Gulf of Thailand, lovely, relaxing.

It's 5 a.m. and I hear a rooster crowing. Earlier, I heard a gecko "barking," and the lush vegetation is humming with birds and other animal life.

Sen Sok

Skinny kitty.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Before the bus ride to Kep, we had a tuk-tuk ride to Sen Sok, one of the poorest areas that we visited. The people are so kind and loving and their circumstances are so humble.

Bus Ride to Kep

Arrived at our bungalow by the pool.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Rode a bus to Kep, which is on the Gulf of Thailand.

To Market to Market

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Ended the day with a visit to a Cambodian market and bought two huge avocados, some jack fruit, and a delicious, carved, quartered pineapple (so yummy!).

Afterwards, we went to the church so B and B could play basketball, but the game was rained out, since it's an outdoors court. We did enjoy going inside the church, however, and visiting with a few people. One gal who Ben taught two years ago is getting baptized this Sunday. Such a lovely, lovely spirit we felt visiting there.

Moonlights

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Our drive to and visit at Kamworks was probably the highlight of the day. Our tuk-tuk ride was over an hour, and we loved seeing the homes, yards, and countryside--as well as the always-entertaining traffic. We kept wondering why a factory would be built so far out in the countryside, especially when we turned off the pavement onto a very bumpy dirt road for the last 3.7 kilometers.

We were greeted at Kamworks by a Dutchman who Don had previously emailed to set up our visit. He was outside under a shelter made of coconut leaves and bamboo working in a nice breeze on his laptop at a stone picnic table. He gave us some good background on the company. We learned that foreigners cannot own land in Cambodia, but this factory is on land with an orphanage (through some connection). So, we also got a tour of the orphanage as well as the training company Peko Sol, a nonprofit organization that does the training for companies that install the solar power units that Kamworks produces. Quite an impressive facility, all run on solar power, and it has an on-site dormitory as well to house visitors who come for training. Seemed low-key, low-stress, but hi-tech and well run.