Visiting friends

Vy and yours truly

The King's Birthday public holiday brought some friends into Phnom Penh. Whilst hordes of city dwellers headed down to Sihanoukville for a bit of R&R, Vy swam against the tide to spend a couple of days in Phnom Penh. She works in the hotel industry at the plushest hotel on the south coast though her first port of call in the city was the new Kentucky Fried Chicken shop on Monivong Boulevard! Also calling into see me were Rachel Madden, on a whistle-stop visit from England, accompanied by her guide Sak, my very good friend from Battambang. It was Rachel who hosted Sak's recent visit to England and he was still smiling broadly with memories from his trip. Right on cue, it snowed on his first morning in England, just one of many new experiences he enjoyed on his two-week visit.