Good day, sad day.

A fab nights sleep after yesterday's temple run, we are ready for another day.

Our delicious fruit platters at breakfast.

We haven't checked out the local neighbourhood yet, our hotel is a little way out of town in a less touristy area. So we head for a stroll.

We buy some delicious mangos and whilst we do a lady comes by with a platter of roasted insects. She hands me a cricket to eat. I whimp out but Mark snaffles it. 'it tasted spicey fishy'.

It's roasting and pretty soon we are all soaked!

This street is where our next Airbnb is.

Abit of a contrast to the street our hotel is on.

We all cool off.

And in the afternoon get a Tuk Tuk into town.

Where we have a beer. The boys have hot chocolates which they can't drink cos it's coffee we think!

As we sit chatting we are approached by many begging children. We watch ladies with babies strapped to their fronts with empty bottles asking for baby milk. ( We had read about this scam, they direct you to shop and get you to buy most expensive milk, they give it back to shop keeper and take their cut) Men with missing limbs and horrific wounds ask us to buy books. Girls try and sell us postcards, buy 1, get 9 free!

It's all pretty tricky stuff for Mark and I to see and the boys find it hard. 

One little boy comes over to beg whilst  the boys are doodling. He stays for a while and joins in. The boys are immediately wary, but he's quite happy just copying our pictures. His friend comes over too. We leave them doodling at our table, I'm sure the staff will quickly move them on.

School is not compulsory in Cambodia. And from my small amount  of research parents have to provide uniform and school equipment etc. Wages are pretty low here.  Many schools have morning sessions and afternoon sessions, so children can work, sell or beg when not in school.

We had been told not to buy from kids or give to kids as it encourages skipping school. If enough people buy from adults then their kids won't have to sell or beg.

So that's what we do. I read an interesting article about how we can afford one more beer, a great hotel, a temple pass etc. But if every tourist bought one thing ($3) each day off an adult selling their wares in Cambodia then their children would not have to work or beg.

We go to a shop called Khmer Yeung and buy some beautiful gifts made by disadvantaged Cambodian men and women who are being taught different crafts.

It's hard to know how to make a difference. We all spend the afternoon thinking about what we have seen.

Hey Christine and Iain. We made it! Yummy rice and noodles.

A thoughtful Tuk Tuk home.

Moped safety!

And very flooded streets.

We hope our boys are learning on this trip, we hope they can appreciate their fortunate lives, we hope that the children we have seen today have a brighter future.