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Today was a free day to recover from travel fatigue and finish up our presentations but it turned into a travel and sightseeing day.  Click here to see where we went.

Off to school:  Where’s YOUR helmet, Dad?

The last of the Maryknoll group departed from Hua Hin early this morning and by the end of the day just about everyone was back in her or his home mission country.  Click here to see some pictures from this last day.

I had planned to post a larger spread of pictures today but events didn’t work out even though today was technically a holiday.  There were too many people in the hospital I had to see and then I had to finish a report due tomorrow morning.  Maybe in the next couple days I can follow up on my plan.

Lay missioners in Cambodia from a variety of mission groups like Maryknoll and from a variety of countries meet regularly and today was the meeting for December.  Click here for pictures of the Mekong River site and the activities.

People working in the home-shop houses or working in different parts of the informal economy spend a lot of time waiting for customers.  Earlier we saw pictures of those just staring or sleeping to pass the time.  Here is another way some shopkeepers wait.

I’m currently in southern Cambodia with all of our Deaf Development Programme staff from three provinces, for a staff “retreat,” a chance to talk about some of our values and policies and at the same time allow the staff to meet and enjoy each other.  I have a good Internet connection in the building I am in at the Catholic center, but for some reason my efforts to log into and change my website have been stymied since I arrived–until just now when I found I was able to start creating this new post.  I’ll see now if it goes through, and if it does then I can post some new pages.

Apologies for the long absence!  I arrived back in Phnom Penh Friday morning after a rough trip.  In all the airports I was in (eight of them) I could connect to their free wi-fi but could only get an Internet connection in three of them and two of those were at the beginning and end of the trips.

Then in the US I was hampered both by the unavailability of both time and wi-fi connections.  I have not ever before been so unconnected to the Internet and out of touch.

But now I’m in Phnom Penh and back on a regular schedule so postings should be daily now–unless a glitch reoccurs that for two hours this evening–kept me from being able to log in to the website that hosts this webpage.  We’ll see!

Many of us are familiar with the old nursery rhyme and counting song that sings: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief.  That’s the American version.

Here in Cambodia, we still have tinkers but now they ride motorcycles hung with all the metal implements of their trade.