As I enter the last two months of my year away and contemplate a return to the West, I have started to give thanks. That sounds banal but I think that on the whole westerners don’t realise how lucky they are. Continue reading “Thanksgiving is now”
How many Wats in Angkor Wat?
I know that I am a foreigner living and working in Cambodia but I don’t like being labelled as a tourist or being placed in the same group as the “elephant-pant-wearing-travellers”. However, in Siem Reap there are certain tourist activities that you have to do and one of them is to visit Angkor Wat Archaeological Park. Continue reading “How many Wats in Angkor Wat?”
Meet Adrian
Adrian’s a HeroRAT, the nickname for the African giant pouched rat being used by APOPO to help clear minefields in Cambodia of anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines and unexploded ordinance, the dangerous detritus of Cambodia’s troubled past. Continue reading “Meet Adrian”
A cat’s tale
We have always had cats in the house and on the farm because we loved them as pets and for their rodent control services! My last cats came to Portugal with me from the UK in 1991 and returned in 2005 to live out their days “back home”. I haven’t replaced them as a full-time job and travelling simply didn’t fit with housing a new kitten. Continue reading “A cat’s tale”