Day 7 - 28 October

Today began at the Destiny Rescue Coffee House, a great place with lovely staff. We met the staff of the rescue homes and became aware of the need for confidentiality and sensitivity. For this reason I have no photos of the day. We visited a rescue home that receive rescued girls regularly and spend their time providing for the immediate needs of girls such as food, clothing, accommodation, and counselling, and then saw the programs aimed at meeting the long term needs of the girls like education and vocational training. This was an emotional day of meeting residents, national staff, and the ex pat leadership. The struggles were different for each group, but I felt for each group for the struggles they meet each day.
We then had to catch another old and rattly bus, this time to Siem Reap, the tourist capital of Cambodia. On the way we stopped at a market where a number of different 'treats' were on offer including the spiders in the photo. No chance I was going to try them. I ate pineapple!
The lovely little guest house was friendly and cute. The staff members were delightful people. After dinner we went to the night market. I bought a number of lovely textile pieces, Cambodian traditional scarves and silk pieces which were beautiful. The ice-cream was interesting as were the fish that eat the skin off your feet while you soak in their fish pond. Crazy!