Here is our return flight information for those of you that are interested

On Friday morning, we will travel by bus back to Bangkok.  We leave Seam Reap at 7:15am and need to check into the airport by 11:30pm.  S60o we have lots of additional buffer time to account for some unkowns.

We will be on the following flights (local times shown)

Bangkok to Seoul: Korean Air flight 660 Leave Bangkok at 2:50am on Saturday January 26 - Arrive at Seoul at 9:50am Seoul time

Seoul to Chicago: Korean Air flight 37  Leave Seoul at 11:40am (Seoul time) arrive at Chicago at 9:15am Chicago time.

Note that all these times are on the same day - it will be a loooong day 

After going through customs etc we will take our motorcoach back to Calvin and should arrive at the Spoelhof building (by the flagpole) somewhere between 2:00 and 3:00 pm.  Many of our students have a cell phone and they should be capable of receiving calls once we get outside of the Chicago airport (assuming that they remembered to charge them up after not using them all month :-) )

Once back home, we all have 2.5 days to adjust to the time change and something called snow - I hear it is something that is white and cold....

Regards,

Leonard De Rooy 

It's almost time to return home, and I feel like we are just getting to be familiar with the city, people, and culture. After meeting with different Cambodian people, going through an immersion experience, and visiting another village today, I think we are beginning to get a more comprehensive look at the rural life here, but there is so much left to learn. This entire trip has been not just a ''good experience'' but something that will impact all of us for a long time, if not the rest of our lives. I know I will never forget these cities, villages, and the faces of Cambodia.

There are two days left, and I have no doubt that there will be even more unexpected happenings, and unforgettable memories. Events to come include visiting a kindergarten, a particularly poverty-stricken village (even by Cambodian standards), and a group of engineers are going to check out an ancient man-made lake. Many of us are also planning to do some biking around Siem Reap. And who knows what else will happen in those two days-- after all, it is Cambodia.

 -- Emily Pavlich

 We Spent some time with the FAO(Food and Agriculture Organization of teh United Nations).  On Monday, they gave us some presentations in the Siem Reap office about the Tonle Sap enbvironment Mangement Project.  On Tuesday we broke up into three groups.  Two went to villages near Siem Reap (our group went to a Christian Village) and the third group went to a food line to serve food to more than 200 children in 30 minutes. 

Here is a great way to carry pigs on a 125cc motocycle. 

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Children sang to us at the church 

 we handed out packages to the children and blankets to the parents (we have to remember that it IS winter for them)

Someone from the village cut down some coconuts for us.  We found that there is a LOT of milk in a coconut!

Annie worked very hard to finish her coconut :-)

Regards,

Leonard De Rooy