Let the adventure begin

The adventure begins in the beautiful city of Vancouver. I am lucky enough to have family who lives in the city and didn't mind having company for a couple weeks! This will be my first stop towards my final destination of Phnom Pehn, Cambodia. 

Several months ago while catching up with a good friend of mine from University we got talking about his organization The Lucky Iron Fish™. This organization is implementing a simple health innovation to alleviate iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in Cambodia. This amazing little fish is helping improve the lives of Cambodians by simply putting the iron fish in your cooking pot when preparing food or sterilizing water. Check out the website at http://luckyironfish.com. 

Our regular catch up turned into a discussion about me coming to Cambodia to help out on the project and gain some valuable experience (not to mention an amazing opportunity to experience a completely different culture). I am also hoping to do some additional exploring within Southeast Asia however, I must admit I am flying by the seat of my pants a bit. 

My excitement is slowly creeping up as the hard part of leaving my friends and family at home is done and the first leg of the trip has started. There will be a lot to learn, see and do (oh and eat!) and I will do my best to post updates along the way.

Chum reap leah for now!