After a lovely morning in Phnom Penh and a sad farewell to our beloved guide Chanseng and dear friend Kalyanee, we flew to Siem Reap where we met up with our new guide Yut. We settled into the Metta Karuna Reflection Centre and immediate got to work on the wheelchair building workshop with Nobel Laureate Tun Channareth. We have realized that we have had truly been touring Cambodia with the country's heroes and are truly fortunate. Since we leave for Angkor Wat before dawn, we will need to sleep and blog tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some photos.
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| National Museum |
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| At the top of Wat Phnom |
After our bittersweet departure from Phnom Penh (and Chanseng), we boarded our plane for a short, 25 minute flight to Siem Reap. Exhausted from our work at the Montessori school the previous day, the flight allowed us to decompress and reflect on our experiences. Our new guide, Yut, brought us to the Mindol Metta Karuna Reflection Centre, our home for the next couple of nights. The purpose of the center is to allow Cambodians and foreigners a chance to see the challenges of Cambodia through the eyes of the poor. We spent the rest of our evening building wheelchairs for landmine victims under the guidance of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner and exploring the city of Siem Reap. An early bedtime ensured that we would be ready for our adventures at Angkor Wat the following morning at 4:00am. - Sophia
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| Farewell to Chanseng on his birthday! |
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| Kalyanee says goodbye from a Tuc Tuc |
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| At our farewell dinner |
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| Mr. Yut explains tying a mosquito net @ Metta Karuna |
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| Tun Channareth guides the group in wheelchair assembly |
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| Orientation to the Metta Karuna Centre |
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| Tuc Tuc ride to dinner |
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| Rainbow at sunset in Siem Reap on a tuc tuc! |
