If it has been a bit quite on the blog lately, it is because we headed south to Kep over Easter. Khmer New Year is almost upon us, when the nation all but closes up for a week whilst people head to their families. Most of our Healing Home staff will be heading off too, so we thought that we would hitch a lift with Graeme and Sue Taylor and take an earlier break.
If Christmas is almost invisible in Cambodia, then Easter is wholly invisible. Even within the Christian community, Khmer New Year gets 25x the airplay compared to Easter. In the leadup to Good Friday we spent time to explain to our patients - and staff - of the significance of this season.
We hired a couple of motos for a day for a tiki-tour. This pic is on a hill overlooking Kep and up the coastline towards the town of Kampot 23km away. We took the motos into Kampot, a quaint pretty run-down town that was formerly the French governing centre for this area of south Cambodia.
Susie relaxing after dinner at the Verandah - a place with a great sunset view
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