Our trip is at an end...for now

Well, it's Friday afternoon and we fly out tonight, so by the time most of you read this we'll be in the air or hanging out in Bangkok. The last few days have been great, and last night was very exciting!

The evening started with a presentation of the photos taken by the Angkor Street Children project kids (the group that performed Hip Hop for Hope earlier this week). There are about 50 kids in the project, and we visited their house yesterday to see what they're doing and to meet some of the kids. Not only is it a great program, but the exhibit was great, too! The concept of seeing the world through the eyes of a child is universal.

Next was an exhibit for a program called InsightOut, and then the Eyes Wide Open presentation. Christophe introduced EWO, and then Ty said a few words. The exciting thing was that they had a translater come up and translate what both Christophe and Ty said into French and Khmer, so everyone there could understand! The exhibit was of the photos the EWO kids took for our two US projects. We got a great round of applause, and afterwards many people came up to us to congratulate us, to comment on EWO and what we are doing, and to offer help. This trip has truly opened up the world for EWO.

We stayed for awhile to see an exhibit by Greg Constantine (www.gregconstantine.com), one of the great people we've met and someone we now call a friend. He lives in Thailand and is doing a project on a group of stateless people, people who belong to no country and no culture. We're very excited to see the great things that will come from his project as well.

Today we've done our packing, had lunch with Greg and Jennifer, and stopped at the festival headquarters to donate the two EWO prints we brought with us to the Angkor Street Children house. We are hoping to work with them in the future, they have great organizers and volunteers, and they're making a great impact on children in Siem Reap.

Tonight we will pack our car, head to the Amansara hotel for an exhibit, and then head to the airport. We've made some great friends with both Cambodians and people from all around the world, and we know that great things will be happening for EWO. We've had to say our goodbyes, too, but we know we will stay in touch and see our new friends again. Thank you to everyone for all your support and good wishes, and we'll see you back in the States!!