Charity puppet parade

Every year there is a huge puppet parade in Siem Reap to raise money for charity. Several groups will start planning for the puppet parade in September and then begin to construct huge puppets for the parade.

It is a great spectacle for locals and tourists alike. There are a number of videos below. It is worth skipping through them and watching these large puppets make their way down the street. Sometimes they are so large that someone goes ahead with a long pole and pushes all the electrical cables up high so the puppets can get past.

Traffic jam in Siem Reap

Every now and then we get stuck in a traffic jam here. The reasons range from a horrible accident to something strange. Recently we got stuck while they were replacing some of the drains.

Very quick post. Updated paypal details on the right.

Changed paypal details after being informed it no longer works. (Paypal locked us out after checking the account from overseas.)

Stan's 40th Birthday

Hi All, now that Stan is 40, Nicole can tell everyone he is pushing 50 which is exactly what she said while we were sitting on the road at midnight waiting for our night bus to be fixed.

Where Stan was at midnight when he turned 40.

For Stan's birthday party, we provided a feast for a Cambodian village about 40 minutes away from Siem Reap. We had friends and family from Geelong, Sydney, Solomon Islands and Cambodia attend. The villagers ate so much food and they had tons left over for the next few days.

After arriving, we walked out to the rice fields to see the farms, buffalo and the sunset.

Group photo with many of the group.

Waiting for the food to cook.

Feast starts to arrive.

We later did some firecrackers which caused Eric our cook's dog to run away for an hour. The little kids got really into tickling the adults and if you were sitting there minding your own business, you were likely to get a couple fingers jabbed into your side. This was ok before we ate, but not so comfortable after we had gorged ourselves.