On our way back from Japan, we spent one week in Phnom Penh to visit EYC. As usual, this time of year is very pleasant to visit. We arrived on Saturday and left on Friday. Ali and Jodi joined us for part of the time, arriving Friday and leaving Wednesday and even Tim joined us for a short time, leaving Sunday morning.
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| Dinner with Ali and Jodi |
Accommodation:
Courtyard Marriott - Shawna had stayed here during our prior visit so we decided to stay here again as it's closer to the main office, has a nicer gym and a very good buffet breakfast. Our room was very nice with king bed, table, sofa and nice sized bathroom. Jodi and Ali stayed at iRoha.
Fairfield Inn Marriott - On our return home, our flight to Hong Kong was canceled so the airline put us up for one more night at this hotel which included breakfast. Nice hotel but we prefer the Courtyard.
Activities:
The main event was to spend time with EYC so we did the following:
- Met 1:1 with stop students in Grade 12 and university. This was very valuable to hear how they are doing.
- Attended English, STEM and leadership classes.
- Held a strategy session with the management team.
- Met 1:1 with each manager.
- Had lunches with alumni, management team and volunteers.
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| Lunch with management team |
Courtyard Marriott - We had breakfast here each morning - very good buffet. Keith ordered lunch room service and we once had dinner room service. We also had some snacks for dinner from the lounge one evening. Overall food is very good here.
iRoha - We held the alumni lunches here, had dinner with Ali, Jodi, Tim, Raphael, Mariana, Synoeun, and Symouy and separately a dinner with Ali/Jodi. They also have great food and really personable service.
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| Dinner at iRoha |
Farm to Table - We had dinner with Ali/Jodi here. Tables were outside and food was tasty.
D.E.S. Coffee Roasters - Located near Youth School, had lunch here with Jodi/Ali/Raphael as well as separately with volunteers. Limited menu but tasty.
Pasta Corner - Located near Youth School, we had lunch with the management team. Mona also joined us. Pizza was decent.
Brasserie Louis - For our last evening, we had dinner here with Mariana and Raphael and their daughter Camille. The restaurant is located on a high floor of the Rosewood Hotel with beautiful views of the city below. We went early and had a drink at their bar. Dinner was great - we shared a salad and lamb chops. And it was lovely to spend time with Mariana and Raphael.
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| Dinner at Brasserie Louis |
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