PS (mum visit part 5.5)

Just found Rachael (who is now back in the US) has a great blog about the cooking class too. She did it awhile ago- have a look here.

Cooking Khmer food! (mum visit part 5)

While Mum was here we went to a Khmer cooking class and made lots of yummy food. This is a photo of some of the herbs and spices.


First the teacher took us to the market so we could learn about some interesting things there, then we went back and made a few dishes. One of our classmates did a blog on it. She has lots of photos and explained lots of the highlights of the day. Have a look at Ali's How to be a domestic goddess: Khmer edition

Almost all our classmates were Aussies- it was funny to hear them all talking in Aussie accents to each other! Not something I hear often, esp as I can't seem to get Radio Australia very clearly these days.

And if you want to see a video of cooking Khmer food have a look at this. I don't know if its any good or not as my internet isn't fast enough to watch videos.

Banteay Meanchey (mum visit part 4)

The road from Siem reap to Sway sisophon (Banteay Meanchey province) is done! Last year it was so bumpy with lots of detours and we felt like we were out in the middle of nowhere.

Battembang (mum visit part 3)

In Battembang we saw a train station- can you spot the train tracks?

We also saw this guy with 8 arms...

...and some crocodiles. We also saw a graduate of the Bible school who is now working at a church there.

Sunrise over Angkor Wat (mum visit part 2)

While we were in Siem Reap we saw the sunrise over Angkor Wat, the famous ancient temples that are on the Cambodian flag.

Last few weeks... (mum visit part 1)

We drove around the big lake again. Almost the same trip as last year, but this time we went in the opposite direction and we took both our mums! I'll tell you more over the next few blog posts.

Crossword clues part 2

Some of you may have just got our crossword in the mail, please ask us if you need more clues than you can find on here. And if you want to see our news and photos, I keep a journal on Kronicle Extra.
* The Mekong river runs through Kompong Cham
* Our church meets at a place where students live
* Floors can be made of bamboo
* Kimsoeun's first contact with Christianity was by watching a movie

Pol Pot's old high school (crossword clue)

Here is the gate of the high school that Pol Pot went to, although his family wasn't from Kampong Cham. This school is named after Norodom Sihanouk, father of the current king.

This should help if you are doing Kronicle Crossword! Ask us if you need any more hints.

the end of the year

Today is the last day of the school year at the Bible school- so bye bye students! Over the last week we have also said goodbye to a few expat friends, and to the tree outside our house. It fell down in a big storm as you can see here.
So we spent last Saturday cleaning up bits of branch and tiles, then got a student to help a few days later.

How many bananas can fit on one motorbike?

Freshwater dophins

Mekong dolphins "almost extinct"

Dig Deeper

Kimsoeun has finished translating the book. It will be published soon. Have a look on the Fount of Wisdom web site.

Snail eating

This is how my husband likes to eat snails: pulling them out of their shells one by one and dipping them in sauce.

What am I doing?

More about what we are doing on Kronicle Extra and Kronicle Twitter.