Friday, March 30th, 2012

Lessons in Love

Yesterday at Angkor Wat, we witnessed the definition of love.To enter the highest level of the temple complex, you must cover your knees.  As we were in line to ascend, many were being pulled out of line for shorts that were too short, sarongs that showed a bit too much thigh, or other kneely infractions.  A couple in front of… [Read Full Article]

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Elephant Rides and Lessons in Living History

Laguna Blanca School in Cambodia From the time we heard the plan for today, all anyone could talk about was the fact that we would be riding elephants. After what was comparatively a late start (we left the hotel at 7:30), we headed to the temples for the third time. We were soon on the elephants and bobbing peacefully along… [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Exploring the Angkor Temples

Laguna Blanca School in Cambodia Days 4 & 5Yesterday we woke up really early to go to Siem Reap. After settling in at our new hoot,l we ventured to the temples. The ones we saw were considered the smaller of the complex, but several were fairly large. These temples reminded me of the ones in Tikal, Guatemala; they were large,… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Siem Reap: Temple Tours and Shadow Puppet Orphanage

Laguna Blanca School in CambodiaGreetings from Cambodia! Today Milo and I reunited with the Laguna Blanca School group in Siem Reap, where we’re all having a great time. Today’s activities involved visits to some of Angkor’s “lesser” temples, if you can call them that—even the smaller, more remote complexes are staggeringly beautiful, juxtaposing human artifice with the power of nature, where the… [Read Full Article]

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Cambodia: First Impressions of Phnom Penh

Laguna Blanca School in CambodiaGood evening or perhaps good morning all,First and foremost, please know that your children are happy and safe. They have quickly connected and it has been wonderful to see them care for each other. We have been keeping busy. After shopping yesterday afternoon we let them rest for a bit and then went to dinner. Though some… [Read Full Article]