Well, I’m just over a week back in Cambodia and getting settled back into JWOC and the general rhythm of things. It has been really great to see everyone and be back with old friends here again!
As I did last year, on 4th of July, I headed over to Belmiro’s Pizza. It’s owned by Tyler, a great guy from Boston and big Red Sox fan 🙂 ⚾️. They were serving red/white/blue shots and playing a lot of America-themed music for the occasion. (Sorry – I’m out of practice and forgot to take pictures! I’ll get better.)
This year I’m renting an apartment instead of staying at the guesthouse. I toyed with doing “before”, “during” and “after” move-in pictures like I did when I moved into the Cambridge apartment last fall. But then I realized you might have a hard time telling the difference!!
Anyway, these are my digs. The apartment came with the furniture. Victoria, my friend from JWOC, helped out with sheets, and the suitcases are doing duty as extra storage space. I’ve bought a handful of other things this week and am still just looking for a mirror besides the tiny one in the bathroom. (Fortunately, I’m not looking to be a fashion plate while I’m here and my hair is back in a ponytail every day anyway!!) It’s quite comfortable with fan and open windows and A/C when I need it.
Just like last year, I am totally loving the simplicity – everything I need and almost nothing to take care of!!
For those of you who might want to send me some mail…. yeah, you might want to just forget it! Mail delivery to Siem Reap is pretty sketchy even when you have a postbox. I don’t have a postbox and my address here is below. Yes, that is literally my address. I even put it on my health insurance application for Aetna and they accepted it 😉
Big Red House
Intersection of Irina and La Pax Road
Wat Polanka, Siem Reap
Kingdom of Cambodia
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