Gill and Anna came to help on the building project today in an effort to get it finished. I suggested to James that he swap with them and have a day at the school for a bit of respite from the heat and dirt at the building site, but he wanted to come to get the job finished this week, so we all went to the building site. We all got to work straight away on building the walls. To do this you need to take the trellis frames we have built and you turn them over so...

We met Sinn at 7am and this time he had the tour bus to take us to the village, which was a pleasant change from the Tuk-tuks. They are great fun to ride in but hot and dusty to travel any distance. So comfy seats and air-con was a welcome sight. We dropped Gill and Anna off at the school and some of the early arrivers were already there to meet them with big smiles. James and I headed to the building project. When we arrived the girls were already there and the ...

We had a cold shower when we got back and swam in the pool in the afternoon until about 3.30 when we went back to the room and had a nap. The jet lag is affecting us all quite badly. We woke at about 6 and got a Tuk-Tuk into town to have dinner in Pub Street. We ate at the World Lounge, which wasn't bad at all. Anna bought some long trousers that she can wear rather than her short shorts which are not decent to wear in the presence of monks (or anyone else for ha...

We arrived and within the first 10 minutes we were playing football with the children. Before I knew it I had 3 of them climbing on me and hanging off my back and legs. I tried putting them back on the ground but they were having none of it, as more started to arrive the crowd around me grew and trying to understand and learn names was an almost impossible task! After a while they had to line up to clean their teeth, the teacher helped me find their cups labeled ...

We were up at 6am and grabbed a quick breakfast from the buffet on the way out. Not feeling too bad despite very little sleep in the last couple of days. We met Sinn at 7am and jumped in a couple of Tuk-tuks to the nursery and school. It was only a 15 minute drive out of town to Treak village. There were already a few children playing in the playground when we arrived and there was just enough time for a quick game of football before James and I headed for the bu...