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A letter from Cambodia
An old sailing friend of my father is currently teaching English in
Cambodia. He been giving us letters ans photo links of his adventures. I thought some people on this newsgroup might be interested: Hectic week. We have been dancing with the President and VP of Independent Journalism Foundation. They're interesting people but it's heavy going organizing breakfast meetings, lunch meetings, dinners and the occasional sit-down in between. The heat is suffocating and the president, who is 80 years old, is wilting like a great banana tree that has seen no water in months. This brief note is just to tip you off that all is well here. The usual mayhem is abundant, of course. A man was arrested for raping 5 and 8-year-old girls. He believed that making love to virgins would cure him of AIDs. A young couple up in Pailin had triplets last week. But the babies died because they were so premature. The mom was so upset she asked her husband to grill the babies so they could be dried and then they could store them in the hut. The usual stuff. We leave for Ho Chi Minh City this morning. More dancing with the journalists there. Then we move up to Hanoi for a cotillion with the moguls of the politburo to see if we can open a presence in Hanoi where we might have a major impact on the journalist population of Vietnam. The IJF president can taste this and wants us to move ahead. I keep urging patience because these folk are very wary of western influence on the hearts and minds of their journalism elite. Now, I wonder if I could make inroads if I wear my politburo suit with the screaming communist red hanky in the upper pocket! I just got an email from Doug Cosper who preceded us into Hanoi to teach a two-week class with Rick Hornik. He tells me they are moving out of their hotel (and our hotel) because of the construction noise coming from next door. So we will have to deal with that. And Michelle Foster, the Knight fellow, is delaying her departure from here by a day because she has fallen to food poisoning. Best laid plans.. ===== Cambodia pictures are at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jorob2004/my_photos http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/margaretjmellis Sailing and other travel pictures are at: http://photos.yahoo.com/robertsmellis |
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