I went to Cambodia to attend the CamTESOL conference at the end of February. CamTESOL is a big English teachers' conference held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. If you go there you can meet a lot of other teachers teaching in Cambodia, Asia, and around the world. There were quite a few teachers there from Japan. You can also watch a lot of interesting presentations on various teaching methods. I enjoyed the conference and met some nice people.
After the conference, I visited a school in a small village in the countryside. I stayed with a lovely Cambodian family and met some wonderful students. I ate a lot of fantastic home-cooked Khmer food. I also visited Siem Reap and the Temples of Ankor. Absolutely mind-blowing! Back in Phnom Penh at the end of my stay I went to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Musem, which documents the actrocities of the Khmer Rouge, and the Killing Fields. A very chilling, yet moving experience.
I visited Cambodia alone. It's rather unusual for women to travel solo in Cambodia, and a lot of people there were curious about me. The trip was at once wonderful, frustrating, awesome, saddening, and encouraging. An unforgettable experience that I am likely to repeat next year. Stay tuned.
12 comments:
I enjoyed looking at your blog!
Especially the movie you are attaching seems very interesting and I could see that you had a lovely time with people in Cambodia.
Riko
Wao!You had good time there^^
I thougnt you went there with your friend because the picture show your figure.Nice technique!
Mari Ueshima
I have been to the Temples of Ankor at Siem Reap many years ago. I can easily imagine the magnificence of Ankor Wat. But I have been to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, for it was before the Vietnam War when I visited Cambodia. Ho chi Minh used to be called Saigon.
Aiko Nishimura
P.S. Let me correct errors. I have NEVER been to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.
Aiko Nishimura
I'm looking forward to reading your blog:D
I didn't write my blog in English for a while...
but I will enjoy!
-Yuka Ozaki
You seem to have been enjoyed your trip. I have never went to travel alone, so I want to do it someday!
I heard that there are many land mine in combodia ,so I have been interested in combodia's culture. I want to know what kind of home-made foods you ate.
Masumi Nagatsuka
I don't know abot combodia very much. I want to travel many countries like you, but I don't have a chance to do it.
Combodia is interesting!!
AI
You must have spent nice days with people in Cambodia!!
I also want to visit Cambodia, but I didn't have much information. Now I have some!
Thank you♪
Chinami
Im very surprised that you went there by yourself.
I want to visit somewhere by myself someday.
your blog is very interesting!!
im looing forward to your blog from now on.
It must be a vuluable experience!!
I would like to take a trip alone in future!(It is too scary for me to travel alone now...)
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