Angkor Wat

The building is all done and today was our day to check out the sites. It was damn hot but we hopped in a bus and headed to see one of the 7 wonders of the world, Angkor Wat.

Pretty impressive that it only took them 37 years to build.


One of the libraries.


The height and amount of materials they moved from the mountains 100km away was incredible.





You may have to read upside down, but it made us chuckle, a little bit of home.



Then off to a couple other impressive places around Angkor Wat


50 different columns with 4 faces on each.


This is the one Grant was waiting for, the temple from Tomb Raider.





Amazing carvings.


They call this the "Tomb Raider Tree". Laura Croft was here,


And here,


But not here.



Good trip, but very tired. Heading home tomorrow morning.

Location:Cambodia

School visit

Today was day four of work on the house. But before going to the work site we stopped by a local elementary school to play with some kids.

















One of our tasks was to teach the kids how to brush their teeth and wash their hands. Many of them don't have tooth brushes so we brought some with us.

The first grade glass had 60 students, sitting 3 to a desk.











Back at the worksite it was more mortar and painting.





























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Location:street no 23,Siemreap,Cambodia

Around Cambodia

What a cool country. Reminds us a lot of Thailand so far.
We spent the morning in a habitat for humanities orientation and then the afternoon working on our house.

View from our room just before heading to the project site.




The hotel



From the roof



Evening trip to the market



Dude with the big kids in the pool.



Getting the sand ready to mix with cement


Covering the brick walls with the mortar.


Mixing the mortar.

New stamp

Just a quick update. We have arrived safely in Siem Reap Cambodia after a flight from Shanghai through Singapore. Only had a two hour layover and were bummed we couldn't see the Mitchell's.

We, Kelly, Grant and I, are here with 15 high school kids and two other adult chaperones starting a five day Habitat for Humanities Project. The house building begins tomorrow.


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Location:Street 26,Siemreab,Cambodia

China adventure

Last weekend I went on a trip to a town called Lushan. It was a great opportunity to see a part of China away from the big city.

The weather called for cold and snow.


It was right. Frozen fog blown on a clump of pine needles


The path we hiked


And hiked. Up to 4700 feet elevation.


Saw some cool critters






And one I didn't expect to see. First Chinese police dog. I think they were doing some PR photos but was still pretty cool.



This one was tired and worn out but a good scouting trip for a upcoming student trip in May


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Location:Lushan, China

Swim meet

6:45 Saturday morning and we are on the school bus headed across town for the SAS swim meet. 600 swimmers from all around Shanghai.

Grant's first event was the 50m back stroke. His personal best time as he hit the deck of the pool was 1:00.






But after a fantastic swim he knocked almost 10 seconds off his time. Very proud parents!



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Location:China. SAS Puxi campus