fried snakes

yeah well. as part of our phenom penh adventure we had to drive round and take photos of a list of 20 things:

one was a follows:
- a kiwi eating a fried snake

so with phillipa and joyce also in my team, i guess i was the chosen one.
tasted pretty good, it had a nice marinade, although it was a tad chewy. might ask for it to be not so well done next time!
our team came an unbelievably close second to the winning team of hamish, alex, and bonza. guess not being able to find that fried cricket really cost us. oh well, maybe next time.

the last few days have been really fulfilling, - donating blood was quite highlight. i don't normally do it in nz, but it seemed the right thing to do over here, and should hopefully prove helpful to somebody. i 'being such a big, burly man' was allowed to donate 400mls, so my good circulation proved its worth, and had me finished quite alot faster then some of the others, phillipa was pretty quick also - must be the southern upbringing. now if only we could fit in an airconditioning system? haha.

i went for a drive with my host father last night, his name is panit, and westerners aren't encouraged to go out alone after dark, because they are an easy target for theives etc, so it was a highlight to have the fresh breeze as we navigated the streets on 'moto' (motorbike). he took me past the royal palace, the independance monument, the british embassy (where he works), the river side - quite lively on a fridasy night, and a few of the other spots. it really is a beatuiful city, with lots of detailed buildings and greenery.

anyway. i better going. our involvment is picking up abit in some of the groups, so please pray that we can communicate effectively, and that we would love like jesus did.
hope things are rocking where you are.

take care all.
carl.