Stan 40 today

Stan turned 40 today. Here are some photos of him growing up.

Stan and his dad at the river in Nigeria.

Stan with a baby goat.

Stan plowing with two heavily sedated cape buffalo in the first ever test of whether this would be possible (Kenya).

Stan, Matthew and their mum Henny looking at Monaco.

Stan, Matthew and Ana holding a bright blue snake near Mombassa, Kenya.

Stan looking at elephants in Kenya

Trip to Kampong Pluk (Floating village)

We went for a tour of Kampong Pluk. This village is flooded every year in rainy season when the water raises 6 meters. You can see the houses are all built on stilts to handle the flooding.

Even the school is raised.

We went out for a boat trip into the flooded forest. These trees are so important as wind breaks and protection for the village that the chief's permission is needed before cutting any of the trees down. In the flooding 90% of these trees are under water.

Second house in Cambodia

We had to move to a new house in August. This was good and bad. The last place was a little too big for us and was very hot as it had no AC and we couldn't install one easily.

The people who moved into our old house loved how we set it up, so they bought 90% of our furniture when we left. Here is the new place we are living and what we have done to make it comfortable.

Master bedroom

This was the master bedroom when we moved in.

We first added an air conditioner. After many sleepless nights, we needed on just to cool the room enough for us to fall asleep.

We then added block out curtains and furniture. What a luxury to sleep in past the 5:30 am sunrise.

Our bed was made by a local carpenter, a little pricey as we needed drawers in it as storage space is very limited!

We found a very cheap second hand TV which Stan installed. Now we finally have a TV to watch which is larger than a tablet!

Guest room/office

Identical to the master bedroom, this is what it looks like now.

Lounge

We moved in and spent 8 weeks sitting on the floor, eating on the floor.

We now have a comfy couch and interesting coffee table.

A media unit with no TV.

Kitchen

Our kitchen had a leak in the wall fixed.

With fridge and small dining table.