More Scenes from the SKMH Compound

February 6 - Hello everyone! We are trying to get better at blogging and putting up pictures of our trip here so if you have any suggestions or things that you want to see, just post a comment and we will do our best to make it happen.

Our first post had a description for each photo which did not come through for some reason. We are still working on the details of the blog.

We are considering buying a moto (small 125cc motorcycle which appear everywhere here). This would allow us to just take off into town when we need to instead of bumming rides from our friends here in the hospital. If we do, this will be the subject of another blog entry.

We are also making progress on our work here. Michelle has already done a lot of work to help create the Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital (SKMH) year-end report and has made a lot of progress capturing new content for the website update. Tod is trying to learn how the power generation system is architected and working on quickly improving his very rusty power electronics knowledgebase. This is going to be a challenge.

The photos from today show a little bit more of the SKMH compound. The scenes are from our front porch (the bungalow that you saw in the previous post). The photo of the mountain range from the previous blog post (the Elephant Mountains) was shot from outside of our back door! Today, Tod ran to the base of Bokor Mountain which is the closest peak that you see. The 4 mile run involved some serious hill work and watching out for the mongrel dogs here that may bite. More on this with photos and such in another blog entry. But we digress…

 

The plants are just beautiful here and we will attempt to identify the ones in the photos. Take a look at the thorns on the potted flowers! These are some seriously dangerous plants.

 

Finally, as we compose this, Michelle’s father is getting knee replacement surgery. Please say a prayer for him and his recovery. All for now…