This trip has been one like no other, it isn't easy to put it into words, but the trip was bloody awesome, cray cray cray.... You have to really live the trip to understand the feeling of giving to those in need..
Doyley
Thursday, December 4, 2014
A life changing adventure.
Coming on this trip has been a big challenge for me. I came by myself, not knowing anyone here. Now I'm so happy to have met such amazing people and experienced such great things. Before this trip I took so much for granted, especially just the luxury of having a roof over my head and food to eat. I'm now going home with a new view on my life. Working with people, like the Tabatha group, has helped me to see that others have to earn things like education and comfortable living when we are just handed it on a silver plater. I want to strive for something more now and hope to eventually come back to Cambodia and try and help more. I'm going to miss everyone and everything from this trip. Thanks.
-Annalese Parsons
-Annalese Parsons
Last Day :(
This trip has been one of the most amazing experiences. It has physically and emotionally challenged everyone in the best way possible. We are excited to go home and share our trip with everyone, yet we don't want to leave. This trip has not only changed our view on life, but also some future aspirations for many people. We would highly recommend this trip to anyone who is thinking of doing it. A huge thanks to all the leaders and especially Shaz and Dave for making this possible.😊
From Maddy, Emily and Jordie
From Maddy, Emily and Jordie
Technical hitches!!
Apologies but we have hit some technical hitches.......we have been writing posts but for some reason they are not being published on the blog and are being lost. Frustrating for you the reader? It's just as frustrating for us. Hopefully this one publishes and you can read it. Will try to get others up soon too as we prepare to leave today.
Shaz
Shaz
Monday, December 1, 2014
Shell-shocked!
I have asked a few people to enter their thoughts on the blog about our day today and the answer I got is mostly the same - "where do I start?" & "I don't know how to say it". In actual fact, these are probably the most appropriate comments that can be made given what we have done.
Where do you start when you come face to face with the history of this country? How do you explain to young Australians that a large percentage of the population can be wiped out with a simple change in the country's political leader? How do you explain that the first people to be killed were those with an education? How do you rationalise that a whole economy can be destroyed overnight as a result of a leader simply burning all of the money in the country? How do you draw parallels to this when we come for school a safe place, where democracy is mostly successful? How do you explain "fairness"?
More importantly, how do you explain that this happened (along with numerous other genocides around the world) within the one species? That we as human beings can be so ruthless to each other!
At the moment, shell-shocked is the best word to describe most of the team. This day will take a long time to digest and rationalise and I am sure it will raise more questions than it answers? Let's hope that these future leaders of our country learn from what they have seen as they move through into the next stage of their lives.
Cheers
Shaz
Where do you start when you come face to face with the history of this country? How do you explain to young Australians that a large percentage of the population can be wiped out with a simple change in the country's political leader? How do you explain that the first people to be killed were those with an education? How do you rationalise that a whole economy can be destroyed overnight as a result of a leader simply burning all of the money in the country? How do you draw parallels to this when we come for school a safe place, where democracy is mostly successful? How do you explain "fairness"?
More importantly, how do you explain that this happened (along with numerous other genocides around the world) within the one species? That we as human beings can be so ruthless to each other!
At the moment, shell-shocked is the best word to describe most of the team. This day will take a long time to digest and rationalise and I am sure it will raise more questions than it answers? Let's hope that these future leaders of our country learn from what they have seen as they move through into the next stage of their lives.
Cheers
Shaz
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Cambodia day seven 😀
Beginning with an awful 5am wakeup and 6 and a half hour boat ride to Phnom Penh 🚢⚓️where we literally sat on the top of the boat and held onto little rails,😓😳 yes there were seats underneath but we would have roasted ourselves if we sat in there🍗🍖. Finally arriving, burnt, hot and sweaty we made our way to our hotel for a quick swim 🏊 and shower 💦 we relaxed until 7 where we got Tuk Tuks 🚲 to the FCC restaurant for dinner. Although very exhausted we pulled through with smiles to celebrate Adams (my) birthday 🎁🎉 .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADS ❤️💞😘
Cambodia day 7, you sure were a tough one 😅.
Adam & Maddy 😝😚
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADS ❤️💞😘
Cambodia day 7, you sure were a tough one 😅.
Adam & Maddy 😝😚
Historic Angkor
On Saturday we spent the day exploring the temples at. Angkor Wat - or some of them anyway! The park is enormous covering more than 50sq km. We had the opportunity to explore 4 of them.
For those that were willing, we got up and left the hotel at 4.45am to see a sunrise over Angkor Wat. 30 of us made the journey. It started off week and looked promising - clear skies as the light increased. Then just before the sun poked through, the cloud cover moved in.
Not to be deterred, we took the opportunity to play with the settings on our cameras. There are some great shots of the different cloud formations and different shades of colour and light. Not the outcome we expected, but as we've learned, when in. Cambodia, just go with the flow. (Technology is not being totally on our is dude at the moment and uploading pictures to the blog is proving tricky - we'll try to get some pics up soon).
For those that were willing, we got up and left the hotel at 4.45am to see a sunrise over Angkor Wat. 30 of us made the journey. It started off week and looked promising - clear skies as the light increased. Then just before the sun poked through, the cloud cover moved in.
Not to be deterred, we took the opportunity to play with the settings on our cameras. There are some great shots of the different cloud formations and different shades of colour and light. Not the outcome we expected, but as we've learned, when in. Cambodia, just go with the flow. (Technology is not being totally on our is dude at the moment and uploading pictures to the blog is proving tricky - we'll try to get some pics up soon).
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