Starting A Blog

Time to start this blogging process. There is so much to share to others and also I do not want to forget all the adventures I have here. I am in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the country of smiles. Underneath all the smiles lies the sadness within. Cambodia is a country with a painful past keeping many of the inhabitants hidden under their solemn hearts. The agricultural based society coexisting with the growing industrialized world has caused many difficulties in the nation. Many are poor and struggle to survive each day. They continue each day without dreams and wants because their needs are never met. However, before I arrived here I knew I had to come with an open mind and with no expectations. I did not want any predisposed thoughts and beliefs about this place because I wanted to see the country as it was. I wanted to see all the beauty it offered. I destroyed any walls blocking me from seeing it's pure nature. I know Cambodia has many starving people, I know there is a corrupted wealthy class disregarding the poor, I know many are suffering. But I can not lose sight of what I need to do here by observing the negative. I need to capture the positive because we need to see the road to a hopeful future.