Recapturing the vibe

Current Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Recapturing the Vibe. Hilltop Hoods wrote a song about it. Or titled the tune with that name anyway. I wonder if they felt that they succeeded. You know, it’s virtually impossible to really recapture an exact feeling, emotion or experience once it has passed. I don’t think I realised that before now, before my attempt to recapture my initial Cambodian experience. I hadn’t actively thought about it anyway. How many factors do you think need to remain the same, exactly the same, in order to make it happen? Some might say hundreds, thousands, or all of them, however many there are. I say not really that many but there are always a couple of key ones. In my instance they were just me…and Cambodia. Two teeny tiny little factors. Ahhh….yep.

Decision time…

Current Location: Sometimes Chhuk Village and sometimes Siem Reap, Cambodia

Well hello again beautiful perusers of my blog. As I sit down to write this post I am nice and wet from the afternoon rain and I’m half heartedly wiping the mud from the back of my legs. The reason I’m kind of half hearted about it is that I always seem dirty here so really, I don’t much care about a bit more. You really get used to dirt, dust and bugs living in the village. I have deliberated long and hard about what to write in this post, mainly as I have been a little undecided about things, however I’ve had my moment of clarity and made some decisions. Thus, I have a story to tell you.

Happy New Year Cambodia!

Current Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Phew. I’m here. I made it. I’m IN Cambodia. After years of trying to figure out how to make this dream a reality, then weeks of traveling and 3 other countries I have finally arrived to the place that, really, is the sole purpose of this trip. I arrived in Phnom Penh on a bus from Vietnam (or Viet Nam as it actually is in Vietnamese) last Thursday, 10 April and I have to say that as I looked out of the window of the bus at the scenery of this amazing country I couldn’t help but feel just a little bit moved. It was like coming home to see an old friend and it certainly felt like the right thing to be doing.