Early Rise!

After a scheduled bed time of 10.00 enforced by Ms Noack the previous night, we rose this morning at 6.00 to go to the musuem and temple. We took a boat ride along the Mekong River to visit these attractions. Sok, a teenager from the orphage, was our tour guide for the day. The artifacts were over 2500 years old and demonstrated the cultural history of the country.

We then continued down the river to visit temples that were ruined by American bombers during the Vietnam war. The reason behind this was because Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge soldiers hid out in the temples. We found that the temples had three fake doors to trick people, the real door faced the sun. As you stand up on the rock, you have a view that looks like its off a postcard of all the fields and a few villages. The children in the village were really friendly and made us all flower arrangements which was very kind. 

We went to the orphanage for the third time this week at 1 pm to help them with computer skills and English lessons. They are always so eager to learn and appreciate an education, something that we can take for granted in Australia. I even had a private soccer lesson with one of the kids. He had to much energy and didnt know why I needed a rest.