Today the morning started off with another trip to the markets for our usual morning coffee/sugar cane juice and donuts. It was delicious as usual and helped to wake us up. Once we finished our coffees we explored the markets and some of us bought amazing fresh fruit, hats and string to make bracelets.
After that we hurried back to the centre for breakfast. We ate our fruit at the table, sharing it between each other and experiencing the different fruits of Cambodia. They all tasted fantastic and refreshed us after the hot bike ride back from the markets.
Following our usual routine, we set off for another amazing day at the orphanage. Today Andy used his fabulous engineering skills and taught the kids how to make little planes out of balsa wood. It was good for us to finally teach them how to do something without them just beating us in everything. The kids all loved making the planes, initially being the older boys but more and more kids joining in the fun. Of course, the craft ended in a massive elastic band fight and the kids surprising us once again with their skills to make elastic band launchers with the left over balsa wood.
While this elastic band war was taking place, half of us went to a school set up for kids whose family can't afford to send them to school. The village is out of Takeo, called "Little Po". I get to go there tomorrow....another busy day.
Jasmine
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