Khmer New Year

Khmer New Year is upon us and that means “birthday”. The Khmer don’t celebrate individual birthdays; everyone turns another year older during this holiday. But it actually is Rick’s and my birthday on the 13th and 15th of April. So today Darith baked a chocolate cake and I iced it with the famous Wilton icing. Darith had been interested in learning how to decorate a cake so we started out with this simple style. Tomorrow the crew will depart to their homelands to celebrate with their families. Phearith and Sokun will be left with us to guard the ship. Wednesday, the changing of the guard will come with Sieng and the Captain returning so we can have a break. Rick and I are taking Emily Pownall to the coast with us. Although today I just happened to call about the bus schedule and found out that no buses are running due to the holiday! Ha!