Update and Travel Plans

In the last few days I have been able to get a better sense of how I will be spending the last month or so of the internship, specifically in terms of travel plans.

First, I found out a couple of days ago that I will be spending next week working in the Cambodian village of Kep. My NGO, Bridges Across Borders, has several outreach programs in Kep, including a school, so we will be working on various projects in the community. I'm pretty excited because it is a nice chance to get out of the city for a while, do some different work, and also see what life is like in a Cambodian village. We're actually going to be staying in the provincial capital, called Kampot. After our week of work there we will have the chance to spend the weekend on a small island called Rabbit Island, which apparently has some nice beaches, so all in all it should be a really fun week.

I will definitely write a lot about this experience when I get back on the 24th and share pictures as well.

I also made some travel plans for July today. Several interns were making plans to go to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, for a long weekend in July. The flights were pretty cheap and we found a promotion through Malaysia Airlines, so I decided to join the group and go! I also found out that Singapore is only about a 2 hour bus ride away from KL, so we might go there for a day and have Charis, who was ending her internship just as we arrived, show us around her hometown.

Better yet, I checked online today and found out that there will be an Asia Cup football (soccer) match played in KL while we are there. The Asia Cup is the big soccer tournament for Asian countries that happens every 4 years, similar to the European Championships. Malaysia is playing Uzbekistan while we are there at the National Stadium, which was built for the Commonwealth Games a few years ago and seats 100,000 people!! Now, Malaysia v. Uzbekistan is not exactly a clash of the titans, but I found tickets for the game online for only $6, so I think we are going to buy a Malaysian t-shirt and a big Malaysian flag and go to the game!!

I don't have a definite date on when my internship will be wrapping up, but I suspect it will be around the 24th or so of July. My plans are tentative so far, but I am pretty sure I am going to be travelling in Thailand for most of the time after the internship. I would like to make it to Laos as well, but apparently flights are pretty expensive, although I might be able to take a bus from Bangkok.

So, that is what is in the works for me in the next few weeks! I will try to update some more this weekend before leaving for Kep, and then will definitely write more when we get back the following weeks about my adventures in a Cambodian village!!