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Leavin’ on a Jet Plane – response!

Posted by April on October 27, 2009 (Updated: 2011-02-11) | Leave a comment

When Andrea was on her way to the States she wrote a blog post about all the fun times she had in Cambodia over the Winter. I responded to that post with a challenge to do more things in the States than she did over the winter in Cambodia. Well, now that she and the kids are on a plane back to Cambodia I’ve compiled a few photos from this Summer and I think I’m safe to say that we met the challenge!

June:

Attended Arienne’s wedding at Lake Tahoe, Went to Disneyland (was that June or another month??)

wedding june2 — Andrea and April at Arienne's Wedding

July:

Just a quick trip back to SE Asia for Guide Training and Callie’s 4th Birthday

In Luang Prabang, Laos — On the Mekong River in Laos

vietnam july — Andrea and April in Hanoi

birthday july 2 — At Callie's Princess Birthday Party

August:

Celebrated Andrea’s Birthday in Reno and Took a fun day on the Truckee River

birthday aug 2 — Out for Andrea's Birthday

birthday aug1 — April and Andrea out and about for Drea's Birthday

river Aug 2 — Gavin and Couper in the boat

September:

I can’t even list all the places she visited in September. Narla was in the States for a whirlwind JWOC fund raising tour. They visited Truckee, San Franscico, Sacramento, Washington DC, Philidelphia, Rhode Island, New York, Los Angeles, Orange County… and those are just the places I can list off of the top of my head!

Narla speaking to a class in San Francisco — Nalra speaking to a class in San Francisco

sept 3 — Taking a break to tour Philidelphia

October:

Winding down from the hectic summer, letting the kids play together and enjoy each other’s company before they head off again to another wonderful winter in The ‘Bodia.

Couper and Gavin in their Pumpkin shirt made by Andrea and Callie — Couper and Gavin in their pumpkin shirts made by Andrea and Callie

We’re Seould

Posted by Andrea on May 27, 2009 (Updated: 2011-02-12) | Leave a comment

We left Cambodia at midnight on Saturday and headed to Seoul, Korea. We were traveling Asiana Airlines, a new airline for us, but it meant we went through Seoul and had a 9 hour layover. When I booked the flight they asked if I wanted a hotel room or a day tour. “Day tour!” I said with confidence. Now, flying at 35,000 feet at one in the morning with both kids sleeping on my lap I was rethinking this decision.

We arrived in Seoul and made it past the heat scanners to find the Asiana Airlines tour desk. They informed me that we would be leaving at 9am for our city tour…2 hours to go. They also took one look at my kids and asked if I would like to switch to a hotel room, I didn’t let myself think about it for too long, viva la Seoul!

After some donuts, watching as much of a movie as my computer would allow and generally driving each other crazy the tour leaders arrived and we all lined up.

Turns out there were about 40 people heading out to see the highlights of Seoul!

We had a fantastic day with a visit the the Baby Buddha Temple, the river that winds through downtown Seoul, a traditional Korean lunch complete with Kim Chee and a quick stop for shopping at the end of the day.

I haven't been on a bus tour in a while! — A bus tour!

DSCN1236 — Callie and her friend from the bus

The kids in front of the Baby Buddha Temple in Seoul

Callie and a Korean lady who showed her the temple

Colorful lanterns in front of the temple

All in all Seoul was fun and we enjoyed not being on a plane for a few hours. It did mean that the journey was a long one and by the time we go to San Fran I was a bit loopy from lack of sleep. It also means that I enjoyed Seoul, but didn’t see enough. Honeeeey, how do you feel about a trip to Korea??… Read more »

Leavin’ on a jet plane…

Posted by Andrea on May 20, 2009 (Updated: 2011-02-12) | Leave a comment

I always get a bit nostalgic when it comes time to switch continents. The truth is I love both my homes and in Cambodia I miss the calm of my Truckee house, and the girls in my Truckee office, but when in Truckee I miss my staff and friends in Cambodia and the constant adventures that happen while living in Southeast Asia. With Saturday and our flight home approaching fast I pulled some of my favorite moments from the last eight months, it made me realize…we’ve been busy!

October:
We left snow covered ground in Truckee and headed back to the tropics. The kids were more than happy to get back in the swing of tuk tuk’s and chicken feet:

October Back to Cambodia

October Eating Chicken Feet at a Wedding

November:
Couper turned two along with Sabai and we had a great visit from my parents. I also had a busy and rewarding trip to Laos to visit hotels, try out some new tours and visit the JWOC language school. I ended that trip with a visit to Bangkok where I went to a Salsa competition (as a spectator):

November Birthday Cake

November Visiting Luang Prabang and the JWOC school

December:
A busy month at the B&B, but Brandon and I managed to sneak in a trip to the farm in Koh Ker and Callie was in her first (we imagine of many) performance:

December, Romantic trip to Koh Ker

December At the school Christmas Party

January:
A busy month for JWOC with a documentary being filmed on clean water in Cambodia. I hopped over for a weekend in LA for a Nikaya Trade Show and we enjoyed a family night at Angkor Wat. The month ended with a fun mother son and nanny trip to Phnom Penh:

January Working on A Drop in the Bucket

January Nikaya trade show in LA

January Night Tour At Angkor Wat

January Phnom Penh with Couper and Mom

February:
We had a new class of scholarship students at JWOC, our biggest class ever, but I had to take a trip to Bangkok to bid a fond farewell to Thailand Director Waew:

February Working with a new class of JWOC scholarship students

February In Bangkok for Waew's goodbye party

March:
Narla graduated! and we took a much-needed family vacation to the beach enjoying Phuket, Koh Phi Phi and Krabi and ending with some time in Bangkok:

March Narla graduates

March Thailand Beaches

March McDonalds in Bangkok

April:
After celebrating the Khmer New Year Callie and I decided to head North to Chiang Mai where we tried out a new elephant experience and some new hotels, a great mother daughter trip for us:

April New Years BBQ dinner

April In the tuk tuk in Chiang Mai

April Mahout Training in Chiang Mai

May:
This month has been a blur, we delivered sewing machines to the prison for our new program for Nikaya, we did a spur of the moment trip to Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh for Mother’s Day and we have the Grand Opening of the new JWOC Center this Saturday!

May Delivering sewing machines to the prison

May Mother's Day trip to Sihanoukville

This doesn’t even touch on the amazing guests and volunteers we had and the huge leaps the kids have made in school and swimming and just growing up in general. It’s been a fun time and I am looking forward to summer in the states and then back for more soon!… Read more »

Overnight bus from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville

Posted by Andrea on May 15, 2009 (Updated: 2011-02-12) | Leave a comment

We took the new overnight bus from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville to check it out and to get to the beach for Mother’s Day. I didn’t even get my camera out of the bag so…

* I don’t have a photo of Brandon getting the second to last row and Callie and I getting two seats in the back row with chairs that didn’t recline!
* I don’t have a photo of the scary war movie they played, though Couper can tell you about it
* I don’t have a photo of Brandon taking the last Ambien
* I don’t have a photo of me managing to find half an Ambien and saying a little prayer that it would do the trick
* I don’t have a photo of the Ambien taking effect and me trying to lie down next to Callie on two seats
* I don’t have a photo of the bus braking and Callie and I falling off the two seats
* I don’t have a photo of Couper freaking out in the middle of the night probably because of the scary war movie and Brandon and I having to trade places because he wanted his mommy
* I don’t have a photo of Callie rolling off Brandon’s knee and onto the floor
* I don’t have a photo of Brandon and I quickly changing back with me picking a screaming Callie off the floor on my way
* I don’t have a photo of the dirty looks we got from our fellow bus travelers
* I don’t have a photo of all of us arriving bleary eyed in Sihanoukville
* I don’t have a photo of us sleeping most of Mother’s Day because we were so tired from the bus ride

Yea, I don’t have those photos.

Travelers Information: The new “luxury” bus runs daily from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville departing at 8pm and arriving at 6am. There is a “bathroom” on the bus and it is $16 per person. You can buy bus tickets at World Express Travel near the Old Market, ask for Sophea and ask to not be in the back row.… Read more »

He is rubber, I am glue…

Posted by Andrea on May 13, 2009 (Updated: 2011-02-10) | Leave a comment

They bounce off him, and stick on you!

This is how dad travels:

Dad on the bus

This is how mom travels:

Mom on the bs

Our trip to Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh was fun, but I am done with buses for a while, you can only be a human pillow/jungle gym/trampoline/punching bag and napkin for so many hours!… Read more »

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