Rabbit Island for Phchum Ben Holiday

Time seems to disappear at the moment and already i've been in Cambodia for 7 months and as always seems to be the case i don't feel like i've seen much of the country yet. With limited leave it's hard to use it effectively when you have to plan visits home for friends weddings and family events. Not that i'm complaining, it's always so nice to be involved, and ultimately i am making the choice to travel home but it also seems a shame that my travel time here is therefore limited.

Anyway, we had a short public holiday last weekend for Phchum Ben, the festival of the dead and the other Jemima, her daughter Izzy and i all went to Rabbit Island for 4 days. It's a small island just of the coast of Kep in the south of Cambodia. It's simple, basic and beautiful. Just a few bamboo bungalows on the beach, a crystal clear ocean and some nice seafood.

Our days were spent enjoying the sea, relaxing in the sun and practising some yoga at sunset. Everyday was peaceful. We talked and we talked, we contemplated, we dreamed. It was a perfect holiday. We got a little too much sun, Jemima's bottom lip swelled up like a massive hot dog, which wasn't so pleasant, and i had a very red chin for a few days but it was definitely all worth it.

The island really reminded me of my time in Madagascar and i did a lot of reminiscing. We all recognised how lucky we were to be able to come somewhere like that for a long weekend. It's the sort of place that many can only dream of. Every evening as the sun went down the light was different, the first evening we watched the most spectacular sunset. The yellows, reds, blues pinks it was trully magical and can't really be captured in a photo although we did get some good shots.

So we returned to Phnom Penh on Sunday afternoon feeling thoroughly relaxed and rested. Perfect.

Life carries on!

So a few months have passed and having done so well keeping my blog updated i have now let things slip. I'm determined that this time lapse won't stop me trying to backdate a few things and carry on with new things that are happening.

I'm still happily living in Cambodia, loving Phnom Penh and all that goes with spending time somewhere like this. Work has been disappointing these last few weeks. The program is not developing as it should and we've been faced with a lot of controversial situations with the client. It's all very frustrating, you can see what should be happening, and how well things could be moving forward but we're held back by individuals and bureaucratic nonsense that seems to be never ending.

So at this stage i will remain here in Cambodia until the New Year and then i will probably head back to Brisbane and see what the next chapter in my life will hold.