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Taking advantage of the time we had in Thailand, plus our access to a vehicle, we took a 4 day jaunt around Northern Thailand. We stayed in Pai, Mae Hong Son, and Mae Saruin. The trip was mostly driving (about 3 hours each day) and eating (lots of delicious food). We drove about 5 hoursContinue reading “Tripping in Thailand”

Like I mentioned in the last post, we loved Chiang Mai. Most of all it was just SO nice having extra time with K – a treat for me and the kids. He and Jonno were also able to continue managing the Sihanoukville build from here as well as evaluate how the build had goneContinue reading “Wonderful waterfalls and other marvellous delights”

At the start of Feb, Jonno and Ren were scheduled to move up to Siem Reap in order to get things organised for the second build we were planning to do up there. Thankfully there were issues with council consents (something we never had to deal with in Sihanoukville), the work couldn’t start, and soContinue reading “Corona anyone??”

There are always random sights to behold as we move around Sihanoukville. Here are a few of them: This guy ascended the power pole outside our house to do some repairs wearing jandals (thongs), with a metal rod clutched between his toes, which he inserted into drilled holes in the pole in order to ascend.Continue reading “Some sights to behold”

A bit more than a week after my own trip to Kampot, we took a family trip with Jonno and Ren and stayed in Ren’s village for a few nights. It was a lovely chance to get away as a whole family and we did a bit of sightseeing while we were there.  K andContinue reading “Family trip to Kampot”

I’d be lying if I said it’s been all sipping fresh fruit shakes on golden sanded beaches here. It’s been hard yards (for me anyway). K was working mostly 7 days a week, having bits and pieces of time off and I was getting frustrated at hardly seeing him, the kids were missing him, andContinue reading “Struggle in Sihanoukville”

After Bible School finished we headed, with Mum and Dad, back down to Sihanoukville. We had booked them into some rustic beachside accommodation (that they had stayed in on a previous trip ~7 years ago), however a couple of days before we got down their we received a message letting us know they’d shut down…Continue reading “Actual Island Idyll”

So life happened… and my writing didn’t. So now that it’s nearly the end of February I thought I’d backtrack to the end of December and play catchup.  I’m sure you’re desperate to hear what we were up to then… Nearing the end of December, Jonno and K took a trip up to Siem ReapContinue reading “Catching you all WAY up… Backtrack to Christmas”

Life has settled into a bit of a routine here – well, a random routine. K works pretty much every day, although he had half a day off on Monday, which was lovely. Naturally, we went to the beach. I hang around at home with the kids or we head out to the beach orContinue reading “Building update”

Well we didn’t buy a fat pig, but we certainly stocked up our pantry and fridge when we took a trip to the local market today. I’ve been wanting to do this since we arrived, but with K starting work straight away and then falling sick (he has (still) got bronchitis), we just haven’t managedContinue reading “To market, to market…”