One last view out my window before i leave phnom phen

Welcome to Takeo! Your pretraining site before you actually get to your real training site

 We spent about four days in Takeo, which is our hub training site. It was a nice break to finally be in one spot without the moving around and traveling from place to place. We were all finally able to take a breather, relax a bit, get to know each other a bit more and truely ask ourselves...what the hell did we get ourselves into? <3 <3

 In almost every town or village in Cambodia you will find a local market where you can find just about anything you may need, such as: food, clothing, live animals, etc. ..

I love the children here. They are so friendly and adoreable and are not afraid to say hello.

 We also had an opportunity to get tailored for some shirts and sampots (skirts), which will be our new dress attire for peace corps professional wear.

Seeing cows walking down the road has become a daily activity but i still get excited when ever i see them up close.

 Geicos can be seen just about anywhere. My host family told me that they don't kill geicos because they consider them to be spirits of their relatives who have passed on. 

They do a really good job keeping their distance. Which is a good thing. I'm not sure if i would like to wake up someday having them stare at me. But then again, i'm sure i'll eventually find some other creature starring me in the eye soon after waking up...

No time for play. Let's get straight to training

 From Phnom Penh to our training hub site, Takeo, we stopped along the way to eat. I'm a little obsessed on photographing the cuisine here but i think it's just because I like double checking what I'm about to it. I'm sure in time that will pass...once i get acclimated. :)

Welcome to Takeo!

Hello K5 trainees! Meet your K4 volunteers

  After being greeted by the Peace Corps staff and the other volunteers (K4) we were given a tour of the capital, Phnom Phen.  

 K5's meeting the K'4's. Meeting the volunteers who have already been here for a whole year is definitely a blessing. It was a relief having our million and one questions answered with such a patience and understanding. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 Taking a stroll in the park with some new friends.

 A view from the Peace Corps headquarters.

 Monsoon season is upon us... and so are the mosquitos.

Out and about enjoying tastey one dollar beers and taking advantage of the night life while we can.

I've never seen so many motorbikes all at once...

Finally...welcome to the Kingdom of Cambodia!!!

A little introduction to what Kamar food is like. It was quite delicious.