Homestay was good fun, all part of our in country training
VSO wanted us to be with 'real' Khmer people, i.e. experience how 80% of the khmer people live, so we were shipped off to stay with a family in the countryside. Actually I was lucky, we stayed with the deputy village chief who had a very nice house, we didn't have the luxury of a mattress on the bed but at least we had a bed which was made of bamboo which was surprisingly soft (although I did think that having a hole for my bony hip to slot in when I was sleeping on my side would have helped with a much more restful nights sleep !!)
Having decided that I needed to go for a wee before I went to bed, torch on head, I venture off into the darkness towards the toilet, I come across 4 cows blocking the toilet (who looked particularly menacing in the dark I can tell you !) and not daring to disturb them and cause a stampede in the middle of the night I retreated back into the dark bedroom looking around for an appropriate urine recepticle, find it and then worry about my cup overfloweth.........
much to the amusement of the onlooking volunteer ! Bet there's not going to be an opportunity for me to say the toilet's blocked by 4 cows in Worthing !!
Having decided that I needed to go for a wee before I went to bed, torch on head, I venture off into the darkness towards the toilet, I come across 4 cows blocking the toilet (who looked particularly menacing in the dark I can tell you !) and not daring to disturb them and cause a stampede in the middle of the night I retreated back into the dark bedroom looking around for an appropriate urine recepticle, find it and then worry about my cup overfloweth.........
much to the amusement of the onlooking volunteer ! Bet there's not going to be an opportunity for me to say the toilet's blocked by 4 cows in Worthing !!
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