Friday - new friends in the city

So after another day of mixing up the work tasks I was invited to the launch party of our city - a three week festival in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Battambang for arts, architecture and ideas held at The Mansion an old French colonial building.

After a quick post work nap I arrived by tuk tuk and found the mansion decorated in lights and packed full of expats from UK, US and Australia.

A great evening chatting to people and proving that the world is such a small place as the dance teacher of a colleague at Amrita is an Essex boy who has based himself in Phnom Penh and opened a dance school teaching ballet so not only had he heard of Bloch but also knew one of the Cambodian based staff.. !

We finished the evening with a Mexican (!) dinner and then tuk tuk back 'home' I can see why people decide to live here once they've visited.