Sunday, January 1, 2012

Back in the Penh...

Well here I am back in Phnom Penh a year after leaving. Who would've seen that one coming, huh? I guess if I had gone pretty much anywhere in the world except Australia, it's very likely I would not be back here now. However, I did, and I am. More about that later. For now, I'm on the great accommodation hunt. To start with, I need cooking facilities, and pets must be allowed.


On Christmas Day, I found a teeny little, white-haired, blue-eyed (but not deaf) kitten in a banana tree behind my friend Terrina's house in Ho Chi Minh City. It's not every Christmas that Santa drops a kitten in a banana tree so I couldn't just leave it there. She's having her shots, and then waiting 30 days before she can be exported to Cambodia, along with T's dog Aspen which I'm inheriting as they are going back to New Zealand.


So here I am in Cambodia and I've already got a cat and a dog to think about. I also need a kitchen. If you know me, then you know why. Lunch today consisted of Rocky Chicken Gizzards (like KFC popcorn chicken) and Mixed Balls (3 mystery meat mixes of pork, fish and beef).