Streets of the World

Here is something you don’t see every day. It is a clear night in Cambodia and we see three planets. Saturn in red, Venus in yellow and Jupiter in purple. I was really in need of a haircut. I...

Sinam showed us how to do slow motion on our cameras. I never really understood why you needed to use slow motion but there was a butterfly with brown wings when closed but a beautiful color of...

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States of America also known as Woman’s Slavery Day!! I never understood why women had to spend the whole day in the kitchen cooking this enormous bird...

Today we kayaked up river to the ranger station. Along the way we saw several kingfishers hunting for a meal. There was a red squirrel tidying up his nest in the trees. At the ranger stations there...

Find Rob if you can in the featured picture above! We packed a backpack for a three-day camp in the Cardamom Mountains and left the rest of our items at the hotel to which we will return...

Today we attended the Anglican Church of Cambodia called Church of Christ Our Peace. That is a mouthfull. I see why they abbreviate! Our English service was at 10am. The Khmer service took place at...

We awoke early to watch the UIndy volleyball matches. Their season is coming down to the final matches. UIndy was victorious. They are hoping for a NCAA Division II bid. We will know on Monday as the...

Each community has a central story about it that is passed down by oral tradition. We are currently in a city named Battambang. Battambang means lost stick. Mr. Battambang is not a black Buddha. He...

Note: This post has a lot of cool videos so if you are getting this post via email, click on the link at the bottom of the email to access the hotlinks. We have a 5½ hour tuk tuk tour of Battambang...

Today we slept late, swam and went on a walking tour with a student named Handsome. (I don’t really think that was his name, but he just liked us calling him Handsome.) Handsome has one dimple...

Today we packed up to leave Siem Reap. We got a notice from the hotel that they were fumigating for insects during the morning. We packed what we could and then rode a tuk tuk around town for an hour...

Sreyneang is our beautiful tour guide. She said her name means “she’s a lady”. Jokingly, she said that she thinks her parents wanted to make sure she knew it and would stay that way...

Today is Rob’s 66th birthday. Church started at 1pm so his best gift was getting to sleep in. Breakfast was over at 10:00 so we got up about 9:20. We were just about to leave when the phone...

We got up at 4:10am to get a picture of Angkor Wat at sunrise. Even the hotel staff was zonked out. Our tuk tuk took us right to the entrance where we waited with about 300 of our closest friends to...

Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple and the Hindus took out the Buddha. It has been restored by the Indians, and the Buddhas remain removed. Whoever is in power takes over buildings for their own...

We are up early to fly to Siem Reap. This was a new challenge. I normally carry three bags but I am only allowed to check one bag (<50 lbs.) and one carry-on (<15lbs.). As an added challenge, I...

We arrive at Konpong Louang which means Wintermelon Port to visit home of a local farmer. Our transportation is by oxcart. Here is the “parking lot”. Here is our driver. We are quite a...

Today we walk up 303 steps to a Buddhist colony. At the base is the Naga snake with multiple heads with the snake body as a handrail. We will witness a water blessing ceremony. We are to sit on the...

We have arrived in Cambodia on the water, but we had to park along another river due to the Water Festival and Moon Festival known in Cambodian as Bon Om Touk. Water Festival How exciting to be here...

International Christian Fellowship in Phnom Penh was a small congregation of less than 25 with visitors from China, Ireland, Australia, Phillipines, USA, and England. Next week they will have a...