It is indeed a beautiful place where we live, and even though it's a wildlife sanctuary, the government does little to protect, and even profits from awarding large tracts of land to rich and powerful citizens. Cambodia's forests are nearly all gone, and I can't imagine any wilderness here existing in the next 20 years at the current rate of destruction.

I'm not sure if my kitty is scared of the rain. Last season she was okay, but I just think she was so young that she's forgotten. I assume all will be fine after we have a couple more rains and she gets accustomed to it again. She'll also have to get used to eating more insects and less tiny lizards and mammals with the return of the rains.

Long story with our visa situation. We aren't allowed to legally marry in Cambodia, so around five years ago we went to South America to get legally married, hoping to return to Cambodia with some more civil rights. However, COVID closed the borders and we were stranded there for three years, unable to return to Cambodia or go to the USA, so we began the immigration process there after being stuck two years, thinking the only way out would be US Immigration.

Now we've already paid the money, but it's been one hurdle after another, and now the US government has mishandled our daughters' cases and it appears my wife have to go on her own. We only really wanted to visit for a few weeks, but the tourist visa is too hard to get. So ironically my wife will now have to go alone somewhere she doesn't want to be and be there without her family. I am so angry at my government for the way they have handled our US visas.