August 07, 2008

Seda is on the way to Australia!

Well, after numerous problems, Seda did finally get off of the ground in Phnom Penh on her way to Australia... to make a long story short, they would not allow her on her initial flight out of Phnom Penh, and after we visited the airline (not in the airport, but across the city in a hotel...???) and talking to a variety of people in Australia, she was able to get to Singapore, but that was only the beginning of the problems... I have only talked to her a little bit, but she was supposed to connect with a woman that she would stay with for the night, and then back to the airport... it was not to be. She had problems with immigration in Singapore, and they made her stay in the airport... the woman in Singapore got her a room at a hotel in the airport, and she should be getting close to getting there soon, but it sounded like a terrible encounter... especially for her first time flying... in addition to being the first person to ever graduate from university, there is now another Seda Leth first in that she is the FIRST person in her family to EVER leave Cambodia... amazing...

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