We managed to land safely in Phnom Penh yesterday night after a long, long and exciting trip.
The airport of Bangkok, where we had to change planes, did not really feel like abroad yet, but eventually the flight with Thai Airlines (great food!) and the airport of Phnom Penh provided us with that surrealistic feeling you need to get into the right mood for such an adventure... Far less Western faces!
We were picked up with a truck that brought us including some freshly gathered mangos to the Solar Campus of Kamworks.
This Solar Campus lies in the middle of nowhere, about 30 km from the capital, between banana plants and goats and next to an orphanage where we also get dinner. April is the hottest month which means that we have temperatures between 35 and 40 degrees and still about 25 degrees at night which makes any blankets superfluous.
Mosquito carpets have to be swept from the floor regularly.
We used our first day to explore the environment of the campus and the workshop and to make plans for the deeper field research next week. A Cambodian is going to take us to the houses of the rural people, translating at the same time the conversations as we did not have the time to learn Khmer yet.
Fortsetzung folgt...
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Great to be able to keep track of your IDP adventures in this way! Be sure to update a lot ...
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