Our work is done... for this year.

Today began early as we left for Kompong Phhluck around 8:30-9:00 with Lourm, her husband Davuth and their son Dawin. Korm Pung Pluck is about 1 to 1.5 hours outside of Siem Reap a 45 minute very bumpy back-road drive and then another 35 minute boat ride brings us to the homes on stilts.

We met with four children and their families today, Phany, a 12 year-old boy with 4 brothers and 3 sisters, Sina, a 13 year-old girl with 5 sisters and two brothers, Caaiep, a 13 year-old girl with one brother and one sister, and Raath, a 6 year-old girl with 2 brothers and two sisters. The kids spent the better part of the day photographing their life on the lake as we toured more of Tonle Sap and broke for lunch.

Late in the afternoon we met the children at school to collect their cameras and see their class rooms. Overall today was a great experience and I look forward to seeing the developed photos in the morning. Lourm, our friend/translator is making sure the children receive a copy of the photos. We fly out tomorrow and are unable to make the rounds to return the photos ourselves.

Today has been a very long day and the festival does not begin until 10pm tonight. I highly doubt we will still be awake to make the exhibit. For Shannon and I we are extremely exhausted after a day of working with the children. I believe it is due to the emotions that we go through while working with them and seeing their life. They are very happy, proud people but it is still very difficult to see how these families live on a day-to-day basis.

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To all of you who have been keeping up with our adventures via the blog, thank you and we will see you home soon.

Love,
Ty & Shannon