Golf in Phnom Penh?

I know my golf buddies in Phoenix are playing and practicing golf while I am away and they are probably thinking that they can really take advantage of me not playing golf for a whole month, but guess what? There is a really nice driving range in Phnom Penh. So, tonight Jenna, Emma, and I got into a Tuk Tuk and went to the Elite Golf Club driving range. It felt good to swing the clubs again. Jenny and Emma were just learning how to hold and swing a club tonight and they didn't have the best instructor, but they both managed to really get some good rhythm and tempo to their swings and both of them hit quite a few very nice shots. Afterwards we went to a fabulous restaurant (the name, unfortunately, I cannot recall). You walk through a gate into a entryway featuring palms and the seating is under a canopy with comfy bamboo benches and cushions. There is serenity there, which is accented by just the right amount of gentle breeze. Everything we ordered was fantastic especially the chocolate drizzled brownie with cashew caramel ice cream.

Today I was at the Daughters Visitor Centre all day painting a bike-like tuk tuk (called a "Cyclo") and an awning for the security gate. It doesn't sound like much, but it took me all day and I still have to return tomorrow for second coating and to paint a desk and a wall. As you can see by the picture it probably took me a bit longer than it should have because I also ended up painting my arms and hands. Also, I am not a talented painter and I kind of had to smile and know that this was helping in some way and just to do my best. I really did enjoy it and knew that I was fully committed when I lay on the sidewalk to paint the underside of the cyclo. I thought, you couldn't pay me enough money to lay on this sidewalk, but for service to God and to Daughters of Cambodia I will gladly do that for free. There was a Tuk Tuk driver hovering nearby and he would occasionally walk over to inspect the paint job and he would smile and give a thumbs up to me. I asked him once if he wanted to help me paint and he just smiled and walked back to his Tuk Tuk.

Amateur painter's hand

Amateur golfers who might someday go pro