Hobey-Ho, Let's Go!

When I was a younger teenager, a good majority of my friends and I became obsessed with the Pendragon series penned by D.J. MacHale. I can't even begin to tell you how many hours I spent with Bobby Pendragon in his ten book long quest in saving the world and beyond from the nefarious St. Dane. And quite honestly. I loved every moment of it. In the second installment, you meet a character named Spader who uses a phrase that I decided to pay homage to in this post. With the beginning of any journey or quest, Spader would say (usually with a grin on his face) "Hobey-Ho, let's go!"

Ignoring the fact that I am neither Bobby nor Spader, and I'm not duking it out with a diabolical villain bent on mass destruction and chaos, I feel I'm entitled to use this phrase simply due to the fact that indeed LIKE the two aforementioned fictional characters, I'm about to embark on an adventure of my own.

Most likely due to my semester long Facebook squeeing, I'm sure most of you who are still reading this already know that I'm going to Cambodia for three months starting this Thursday.

Before I continue, we're going to have a geography lesson. While I'm confident that 99% of you already know this, I cannot stand the thought of any of my readers going for any length of time thinking (and believe me, I've heard it) that Cambodia is some obscure country in Africa or Eastern Europe.

As we can see, Cambodia is nestled in-between Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos in Southeast Asia. Definitely not Africa.

There. Confusion averted.

Anyways, as the blog title and description already hinted at, I'm interning with a public health organization called the Reproductive and Child Health Alliance (RACHA) in Cambodia this summer and I guess it goes without saying how stoked and admittedly apprehensive I am to go. I'm writing this blog to chronicle my experiences, thoughts, fears, and even frustrations, as well as keep all of you whom I love at home updated on what I'm up to.  But before I leave, I feel some explanation is required.

I've decided to channel my favorite vlogger (video-blogger) from YouTube named Grace Helbig and have a theme for each of the three days I week I hope to be able to post. Since Cambodia is thirteen hours ahead of Utah time, many unexpected events are bound to occur, and much confusion and stress will occur if I try to do it on an assigned day of the week, the schedule will just go as follows:

Day 1 (whatever day that is or becomes): Culture and Food- This is when I'll share pictures and stories of the exotic quirkiness that Cambodia has to offer through it's food and day to day life.

Day 2: Internship Update- I feel this is self explanatory. Many crazy things can happen to an intern.

Day 3: Q&A- I require all of your help on this one! I'd love this to be an interactive blog so PLEASE feel free to comment and ask questions! This is the day I'll set aside for all of you. In return, I promise to be candid and fun with my answers. So go wild! These posts will be as fun as you make them :).

Disclaimer: These post themes are subject to change as the author sees fit. Life can be unpredictable like that.

Okay. I apologize for this novel of a post and I promise they all won't be like this. Pinky promise. I really, really hope if you're still reading this that you follow me and my journey in Camboland. I'm sure it'll be a crazy one.

Hobey-Ho, let's go!