Cambodia 2011 Day 4

We started today off with an early wake up at 6:30 and directly after a rushed breakfast our teachers sent us off to hard labour at Arunh School which is sponsored by Caring for Cambodia. Upon reaching there, we were split up into 3 different groups, each being in charge of one of the three: fence making, bamboo tree planting and leveling of dirt piles.
The fence making was a total failure, as members of the group that we will not mention dug too deep and cracked a water pipe that exploded. The leaders of the school didn't want them to continue and damage it further.
The bamboo tree planting was fun but very, very hot. We planted 30 bamboo trees and we had to water each of them at the end. The students in their classrooms were looking through their windows and laughing at our progress.
The leveling of dirt piles was exhausting and tedious. We basically had to spread out dirt from large piles around the school grounds. This took incredibly long and we only managed to level off 4 of the 7 piles by lunch time. We managed to dig into a fire ant colony and the diggers were all attacked by them. It was back-breaking work but was rewarding as we were able to help prevent flooding of the school.
We were filthy and dusty and thus returned back to our hotel rooms to take quick showers then we were off to lunch at Khmer Family Restaurant where we experienced a crazy street performer doing dangerous things with knives.
We then returned to the scene of the crime to take part in the Village Rumble, a scavenger hunt around the village, with the Cambodian students. It started to rain but that didn't stop our valiant efforts. Laura won the Village Rumble with her Cambodian partner and received a high five from the teacher.
After that, we returned to the hotel exhausted, had some time to kill, and then went out for dinner at Molly Malone's Irish Restaurant where we played an interesting game of pool and 20 questions where Brandon admitted to loving George Clooney and Mr. Rowat said he would marry the Hoff because his name began with 'the'. We all enjoyed our dinner and walked back to our hotel.

Duty group 4: Kimberly, Jojo, Brandon and Daryl.