Day 5

We started off the day by packing our bags and meeting in a new location for breakfast by the pool. Once we finished, we headed off to the airport and said a hearty good bye to Yusa Sa, our tour guide. Next we hopped on the 45 minute plane ride to Phnom Penh. We arrived in rainy Phnom Penh and traveled to our new hotel. Phnom Penh is rather different to Siem Reap. There are many more buildings and has a city feel, whereas Siem Reap was much more rural. We received our rooms and straight away connected to wifi.

Then the group set off to the orphanage "Sunrise". There we were taken on a tour around the orphanage, seeing all the classrooms, bedrooms, kitchen and all the smiling children. The most uplifting part of seeing the orphanage was being near the children who have had rough childhoods, yet they still are full of life. It was also inspiring to witness a group of young Cambodian children learning English as a second language. We also watched a Dance class. On stage, the children were delighted to share with us their Cambodian dances, along with children playing musical instruments as well as singing. To see the smile on the kids faces really touched us all. The kids immediately attached themselves to us from the moment we got there and saying goodbye to them brought up mixed emotions, even though we had only just met them. The day was filled with goodbyes, hellos and many emotions. Can't wait to see what the rest of Cambodia has installed for us.

By Timnah, Jazi and Courtney.