Here in the Cardamom Mountains it's tough to get things growing in rock and clay, but our bananas are looking pretty healthy despite the circumstances.
The River Is Slowly Rising ⬆️
After marveling at our nearly ready to eat bananas, I walked down to the river to see Mey-Yii and Monkey taking a swim break on a hot boulder. It's been raining a little now and then, and already the wildfires have come to an end and the river is coming back to life. Our construction goals are far from achieved, but we already learned last year that building is nearly impossible during the rainy season here.
Surprise In-Law Karaoke Visit 🎤
After returning from school with Monkey-B, Pov, and 25 kgs of rice, I noticed we had some visitors hanging out with Uncle Mab. Because I had much work to catch up on, I decided to retreat to my room and catch up on Hive duties before hanging out. Once I knew I had drained my voting power for at least a couple of hours into the future, I went over to the cabin and met the three guys that were already drinking hard with Uncle Mab and our neighbor, and in the process of setting up a karaoke speaker.
I knew I only had a few minutes to try and get to know these folks before the speaker would be loud and any chance at conversation impossible. I am very social, but especially the first time meeting new-to-me people, I tend to focus on conversation and getting to know each other before partying immediately. I don't drink, eat meat, or enjoy listening to karaoke (at least at the volume levels most Khmers enjoy it at), so I get bored quickly and long for a conscious reasoning with a small group of people.
Another Retreat 🏊♂️
I went back to my room and tried to do some Hive work, but quickly realized I couldn't concentrate with the speaker blasting, so I went back to the river and found Monkey-B still there, so I went for a swim/soak. The river isn't really swimmable yet, but there are plenty of places you can lay flat on your back and enjoy a little floating. In the early evening Uncle Mab went back to Pramaoy in the car the three visitors had driven. They live only an hour away, so Uncle Mab will enjoy a short holiday and return soon.
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