Cambodia - 7th day cycling

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Opportunities for accessing the internet are rare in Cambodia, if the hotel happens to have it, Ginni beats me to it and then it is VERY SLOW!

The highlight of our trip has been International Women's Day March 8. An amazing experience and a very emotional day for all.
We arrived at the CARE Centre in Kampong Trabek for a briefing on the work that CARE is doing in the area and an outline of their projects.

First we visited a school in Kok Kok, where the young teenagers performed a play about women trafficing. Many tears were shed, not only by ourselves but also many of the Cambodian women. The performance touched us all. We visited Karoal Villiage banking project which delegates micro finance amonge communities. We shared their food - cooked sweet potato which you peel and dip into sweet caramalised sugar. We visited the Krous Village irrigation project where the community have harvested their first crop of rice during a dry season, they proudly showed off their water pump - the day was enormous. Most importantly, it was amazing to see how the CARE fundraising dollars are spent and how life changing the funds are for these wonderful individuals.

We had a very entertaining Q&A session...

For a daily update with pictures and video on our CARE Cycle Callenge visit
www.inspiredadventures.posterous.com
I will update my CARE page with a full suite of pictures at the end of the month. For now, off to bed. We have a 7am start and a 58klm ride to be ready for!