Orphanage work.. and lovely children in cambodia:)

Ater my time in shinoukville I then went to phenom penn to catch a bus to Takeo- had a take a stinky bus to the countryside,. Ugh! bus travel In cambodia was not my favourite,,,,,:) on the way from Shinoukville to Phenom Penn there was this cambodian man who kept on spitting the whole way i kept on getting some spit on my arm- i tried asking him to stop it- eventually he got it, The bus from phenom penn to Takeo was slow, stuff , hot and sweaty. I was the only foreigner n the bus aside from Australian guy who was visiting an orphange like me.Finally after a really slow trip and people going off the side of road to take a leak ( no way in hell i wa s doing that- There are still millions and miliions of landmines in cambodia.many not far from the road you really have to watch your step in some parts of cambodia and seeing amputtees was a clear reminder..:)Finally arrived at the orphanage after a a long long bus trip, i was i atown where NOBODY spoke english , it was the real countryside, only one restaurant which an english menu- internet broke down lots and was slow.The place I did the volunteer work was in Takeo town, there was a group of english people that co-ordiante it with the local people that set up the Orphanage. I found that while the british people were welll meaning i found some of their tactics to be "bullying" rather then constructive criticism.Face as most of you would know is very important in Asia and cambodia is no exception.To embarrass someone in front of everyone is pretty poor form - and thats exactly what they did,as they thought it would be productive and they dont listen.Anyways i loved working at the Orphanage - the kids were so affectionate and so pleased to see you it really made their day.We played games,got them to write words in english, got them to draw pictures and explain what it is in english.I love it i felt guiltyleaving the following day when i was leaving they were like "where"s mummy going?"i felt terriable its so hard for these kids they get attached with these volunteers then they leave its so hard for them..:)I really recommend that anyone that goes to cambodia to at least visit an orphanage they dont get much attention and the luch i ate was pretty basic , they wore really grubby clothes they need some loving thats for sure,any love you give is beautiful and they are so appreciative of it. Some of the kids there had been abused or abandoned by their parents so some of them are damaged while others just carve attention as they dont get any. One little gesture towards them and you will get the loveliest hug from them - even in shinoukville the kids lose their childhood there they are out late at night selling stuff sometimes in their pjs! If they dont sell enough stuff tehy get beaten up and they get little love from their parents . I can see why angelina jolie adopted them!Alp=ot of toursits want to adoptcambodian children- i wanted to bring back one on the plane- but no im not sure about taking them away from their homeland even if it brings them a better life.I think there are alot of ethical issues to work through there its a a big decision.

One classic quote was one child in shinoukville was one child tried to sell me stuff on the beach i said to him "sorry ddarling" and he said hahah get this"

.." im not your darling... sorry baby!" I got this from a 7 year old kid! How do they learn this?

Anyways i hope if you visit cambodia please visit an orphange if you can.even if you are mummy or daddy for the day:)