Cambodia: The People

Like I said before... we met a lot of people! Here's a gaggle of kids we slowly collected as we delivered food in the neighbourhood. They were so excited to take pictures!

This sweet little baby had a big brother who was pulling her through the streets in this cart. A wonderful homemade wagon. She was so beautiful and very serious. I didn't see her smile once. But her big brother was taking great care of her. It was very sweet.

The night before we went around to deliver food both boys got sick. Were talking throw-up, diarrhoea sick. They didn't come into each house (which i was sad about) but stayed in the van drinking 7-up for to settle their stomachs. This was the first stop. This woman was very curious about them. She had very few teeth and as you can see, no hair. I didn't know if they would be nervous to be left, but they told us to go and that they would be fine. And they were. The woman "told us" that she would watch them. Through a series of hand motions. Or at least that's what I think she was saying.

During one visit to another house Cache threw-up all over himself in the car. This picture was taken right after. He said he felt so much better. As you can see! We only had one more stop to make before taking him home. He was a trooper.

This sweet woman was the last stop on our list. She had watched us drive in and said she was scared that we had forgotten about her. When we stopped on our way out she was so excited to see us. She said that she was without food and had been praying for 2 weeks for something to happen so she could have food to eat. And then we arrived. It was a humbling moment to be apart of. The thing about the people there is they gave us so much more than we gave them. A bag of rice pales in comparison to lessons of humility and faith. 

This woman was at Angkor Wat selling fried crickets!! And everyone was buying them. I watched as they chewed and just couldn't imagine trying it. But they seemed to love them. Our tour guide's daughter said they were here favourite. (Note: if you are ever traveling to this area and need an amazing guide, you can contact them through their website) 

 As you drive past homes you can see square plastic bins of water (or something?) that have lights hovering over them. At night they turn on the lights to attract crickets so they can eat them!

This little cutie pie has a bag of fried crickets swinging from her arm.

After leaving one neighborhood the kids ran after us as we drove away. It was sweet. They were just all smiles all the time.

Patrick packing tuna and fish sauce.

This kid couldn't have been more than 14. It looked like he was running the family business cooking up food in the street. 

All the kids in the neighbourhood came out to greet us as we came in. They were all so kind and welcoming. Of course we did have some candy to share, but were hoping they weren't necessarily swayed by that ; )  I know, I know, you're thinking how irresponsible it was of us to bring candy to these children who have poor dental hygiene and yes you are right. I did have some guilt. But they really really loved it too. And I don't mind handing out a little happiness once in awhile in return for their sweet happy smiles.