Hi all,
We are now based in a lovely provincial town three hour north of Phnom Penh called Kompang Cham where we are having some Khmer language lessons at an international school.
We will be here for another week and then we head upto our placement town (still a further 5 hours north) for a weeks visit, house hunting and meeting new employer...
The traffic in Cambodia is not for the faint hearted... it seems to be every vehicle for themselves and you quite often come face to face with a car heading towards you on the wrong side of the road.... all you do is toot your horn to let them know you are there!!!!
Have passed through a place known as "spiderville" where they deep fry tarantulas!!!!! we didn't sample them - yet!!!
We have been on a boat trip today to a Wat some 20km up river and we managed to have an audience with a monk!!! he offered us lunch but we had to decline as the boat was leaving..
Our first breakfast here was certainly one we will never forget... chicken, rice, tea and soup!!! This was no ordinary soup as Rachel had a chickens foot in it and Anthony had what looked like some organs!!! needless to say we went hungry that morning.
We are getting around town on bicylces which is much better than walking as the temperature is well in to early 40's!!!!!!
keep coming back for our next update which should include some photo's........
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Greetings from Cambodia
Hello to you all...
We arrived here in Cambodia a few days ago and we haven't stopped since. Their are 27 of us on our in country training (the largest group ever) and we have people from all over the world (Sweden, Holland, Philipines, USA & Canada plus others)..
We are heading off to our first stage of in country language training tomorrow for 10 days and then we have a week visiting our placement in Stung Treng..
The weather is hot!!!! 43 degrees yesterday so it was nice today that is was only 41 degrees!!!!!
We will put another post on here soon with some photo's when we have a better internet connection!!!
Speak soon and love you all lots
Anthony & Rachel
P.S. the next blog may have some Khmer in it!!!!!
We arrived here in Cambodia a few days ago and we haven't stopped since. Their are 27 of us on our in country training (the largest group ever) and we have people from all over the world (Sweden, Holland, Philipines, USA & Canada plus others)..
We are heading off to our first stage of in country language training tomorrow for 10 days and then we have a week visiting our placement in Stung Treng..
The weather is hot!!!! 43 degrees yesterday so it was nice today that is was only 41 degrees!!!!!
We will put another post on here soon with some photo's when we have a better internet connection!!!
Speak soon and love you all lots
Anthony & Rachel
P.S. the next blog may have some Khmer in it!!!!!
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Curryaoke Night & Update
Hi All,
Last nights curryaoke will be re-named "Rachel's hot curry night supported by bollywood dancing in a rugby club!!!" How surreal is that???
It was great to see you all last night and a MASSIVE thank you to everybody who came and braved the elements, you were more than generous... In total we raised a massive £730 on ticket sales and raffle tickets. It was great to see so many people drinking lots (probably due to the hot curry). I am sure the rugby club will be happy with the bar takings!!!!!
A huge thanks to the following: -
Michelle and Liz for helping with the curry and surviving the "cold" of the kitchen.
Rox, Heather and Sara for the bollywood dancing.
Denise & Grace for selling so many raffle tickets.
Martyn for picking all the high raffle ticket numbers!!!
Clare and Tom for their help in food preperation and washing up.
Everybody else who travelled far and wide to taste Rachels curry.
Apologies for the mess up with the karaoke - it is such a shame you all missed out on my performance of Freddie Mercury singing I want to break free!!!! It's probably for the best that you didn't see that..(especially as I was going to do it in drag!!!!)
We move out of our house this coming weekend (still have our mobiles) and will be crashing with our parents for a few days till we head down to Heathrow!!!!
Not much curry left, well enough to keep us going for the rest of the week!!!!!
We'll put another update on here prior to departure and then as soon as we can once we are in Cambodia..
Speak soon
Ant & Rach
x x x x x x x
Last nights curryaoke will be re-named "Rachel's hot curry night supported by bollywood dancing in a rugby club!!!" How surreal is that???
It was great to see you all last night and a MASSIVE thank you to everybody who came and braved the elements, you were more than generous... In total we raised a massive £730 on ticket sales and raffle tickets. It was great to see so many people drinking lots (probably due to the hot curry). I am sure the rugby club will be happy with the bar takings!!!!!
A huge thanks to the following: -
Michelle and Liz for helping with the curry and surviving the "cold" of the kitchen.
Rox, Heather and Sara for the bollywood dancing.
Denise & Grace for selling so many raffle tickets.
Martyn for picking all the high raffle ticket numbers!!!
Clare and Tom for their help in food preperation and washing up.
Everybody else who travelled far and wide to taste Rachels curry.
Apologies for the mess up with the karaoke - it is such a shame you all missed out on my performance of Freddie Mercury singing I want to break free!!!! It's probably for the best that you didn't see that..(especially as I was going to do it in drag!!!!)
We move out of our house this coming weekend (still have our mobiles) and will be crashing with our parents for a few days till we head down to Heathrow!!!!
Not much curry left, well enough to keep us going for the rest of the week!!!!!
We'll put another update on here prior to departure and then as soon as we can once we are in Cambodia..
Speak soon
Ant & Rach
x x x x x x x
Monday, 15 February 2010
Curryaoke Evening Is Getting Closer
Hi Guys,
Only 5 days till the Curryaoke and 4 days till Rachel leaves work!!!!! Hope you have all chosen your songs carefully. Anthony and Rachel will probably have a little trick/treat up their sleeves for Saturday night.... It will of course involve plenty of alcohol and some shocking singing... Party starts at 7.30pm but we (I mean Rachel) will be up at the rugby club all afternoon cooking as Anthony will be putting his boots for one last time to play for 1 minute!!!
Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday and if we don't get chance on the night many many thanks for all your very generous donations.
Ant & Rach
Only 5 days till the Curryaoke and 4 days till Rachel leaves work!!!!! Hope you have all chosen your songs carefully. Anthony and Rachel will probably have a little trick/treat up their sleeves for Saturday night.... It will of course involve plenty of alcohol and some shocking singing... Party starts at 7.30pm but we (I mean Rachel) will be up at the rugby club all afternoon cooking as Anthony will be putting his boots for one last time to play for 1 minute!!!
Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday and if we don't get chance on the night many many thanks for all your very generous donations.
Ant & Rach
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Curryaoke Evening
Hi all,
We are having a Curryaoke at Anthony's rugby club (Roundhegians RUFC, Chelwood Drive, Leeds LS8 2AT) on Saturday 20th February starting at 7.30pm. All are welcome, including little people.
Tickets are available from either Anthony or Rachel and cost £15 each. All money will be donated to VSO to help with our fundraising.
We are having a Curryaoke at Anthony's rugby club (Roundhegians RUFC, Chelwood Drive, Leeds LS8 2AT) on Saturday 20th February starting at 7.30pm. All are welcome, including little people.
Tickets are available from either Anthony or Rachel and cost £15 each. All money will be donated to VSO to help with our fundraising.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
New Departure Date
Hi all,
Our departure date has been put back a week. We should now be leaving the UK on 10th March 2010. This gives us an extra week to sort everything out....
Keep coming back to check for further details on fundraising event(s). Probably going to be a party of some sort in February 2010 in Leeds....
Our departure date has been put back a week. We should now be leaving the UK on 10th March 2010. This gives us an extra week to sort everything out....
Keep coming back to check for further details on fundraising event(s). Probably going to be a party of some sort in February 2010 in Leeds....
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Fundraising details
Hi Guys,
As part of our amamzing trip to Cambodia we need to raise some much needed funds for VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) which is the charity we will be working with.
We will be having some fundraising events before we depart but you can also make a donotaion via our just giving page, http://original.justgiving.com/anthonyandracheldukes
Many thanks in advance for your generous support
Love Rachel and Anthony
As part of our amamzing trip to Cambodia we need to raise some much needed funds for VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) which is the charity we will be working with.
We will be having some fundraising events before we depart but you can also make a donotaion via our just giving page, http://original.justgiving.com/anthonyandracheldukes
Many thanks in advance for your generous support
Love Rachel and Anthony
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