We traveled by Tuktuk to the place where we would stay for 3 weeks. 20 min far away from the bigger city Siem Reap, surrounded by green rice fields, cows, chickens, Palm trees, fluffy clouds and blue sky, we arrived at a simple Cambodian
house. A dog and a little naked boy welcomed us. We
got a small room with a thin mattress and checked the “toilet”
and bucket shower. We were really excited about living 3 weeks
without running water and a proper toilet.
In the evening we met all the other volunteers and got explained how
life works here.
The
next day was our first day of working at school. Jeff started a
project, building a football-pitch for the kids and I tried out the
teaching. The
kids are unbelievable cute and willing to learn. I am proud to be
part of this school and their lives, also if it is only for 3 weeks.
After work we went
home and enjoyed
the
dinner that Radys wife cooked for us. And
once again Cambodian kitchen is delicious.
In
the weekends we had off
and could do some sightseeing in the area or
go out with the people from school and Radys house. We
visited Angkor Wat, I was waiting for this already the whole Asia
trip. We went there for sunrise, we were a bit to early so we had
time to eat a pancake. Having a pancake at 5 in the morning and
watching the sunrise over one of the most beautiful and inspiring
monuments is just fantastic. We wandered the entire day between
temples and ancient
ruins.
Words
just can not describe how beautiful and mysterious this was.
One
day we decided to go to a temple which belongs to the Angkor area but
you don’t have to buy a ticket for it. It is on a hill in the
middle of the jungle, more then 600 steps lead to it. At the bottom
of the hill we met a tourist policeman. He wouldn’t to let us pass
if we don’t pay 1$pp. Really nothing is for free in Cambodia. After
reaching the top exhausted and sweaty, we were blown away by the
view. You could see hundreds of km far, sun was settling and the moon
was already out, big and bright. On the top were the ruins aflame.
Just wonderful.
3
weeks passed by so fast. And it was so sad to leave Radys house and
the school. We will miss our new friends. Thanks to all the volunteers, it was a really great time with you.
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