Waitangi Day is celebrated here, we discovered this year. An invite went out to all Kiwis and Kiwi wanna-be's to a hangi put on in an engineering shed yesterday in Takmau, 10 km or so from our place.
Sue Taylor and modelling her 'Kiwis in Kampuchea' t-shirt. Hubbie Graeme is on her right. Maybe 200 people showed - I would guestimate about one-third Cambodian folk, one-third Aussies, English and other whities, and a third NZer's. It was a good evening to connect with people we have never met before, and enjoy our first ever hangi on Cambodian soil.
The three Sues (as in Susie, Sue Taylor and Sue Hannah) and Colleen had headed out on Saturday to peel their way thru' sacks of potatoes, kumara and pumpkin. They actually peeled alongside Dame Sylvia, a real good sort says Sues 1-3, who unfortunately could be a very old lady before the UN mega-million dollar circus (Khmer Rouge trials) are likely to finish. A couple of pigs and a most welcome fat lamb joined the spuds in the hole for what was an unforgettable hangi experience.
Brian (left) - the bloke who runs the engineering business - supervising the lifting of the hangi
Here comes the second basket - Graeme who works with Colleen at Asian Outreach is on the right
Owen (left) and his (first? second??) cousin doing a haka to celebrate the day and the event 
Time to serve the fattened lamb - Colleen, Sue T and Sue H taking their strategic positions
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