Day 9 - In da village

Hi its Frank here finally, it has been a very moving day here in Cambodia. We had to get up very early to travel to a village only 60km from the Vietnam border, where we were staying overnight. This journey would take us 3 hours and involve a ferry ride over the Mekong river. While we were waiting to board, we were all of a sudden surrounded by people selling lots of different things.

We got to the village and had lunch which they had made for us then we were showed two villages that are part of the edukid programme. At the first village I met a boy who was on crutches, this is because when he was 4 years old he became ill and his mother said that he should take some pills and see a doctor but his father said no so his uncle talked to the father and said that when his pigs got ill he give them an injection. So he was given the injection and from that lost the use of his lower legs.

When we had finished visting villages we went back to the village we were staying at where we had dinner and then when to bed. The house we were staying in was better then we were thinking it was going to be with beds but same still had to sleep on the floor. Me being a outdoor boy was hopeing to be outside on not in a room with lights!

I think staying in the village was a great think to do because it showed us what it is like to live in the middle of no where every day of are lives.

Bye Bye

Frank