It really is a small world, after all.

This week I met Milly Freestone, a delightful young woman from Lue, near Mudgee, who has set up and is running a pre-school for ex-pat and local Khmer children in Kampot.

You’ll have to wait to “read all about it” in Weekender in the coming weeks, but I couldn’t resist a little teaser – Milly is doing a fantastic job, leading an interesting and fulfilling life and – like so many people I meet on the gift that is these travels – she’s an inspiration.

A lawyer by trade and training, Milly is 28 years old, very grounded and lives on the smell of an oily rag so that she can help build a bright – and safe – future for her little charges, 90 per cent of whom are Khmer.  She is running the centre – Fireflies – as a business, but it’s basically a social enterprise without the charity status that hampers so many otherwise worthy operations.

You can have a sneak peek at what she does at her website – firefliespreschoolkampot.com.   And stay tuned for an up-close-and-personal yarn with Milly in Weekender soon….

In the meantime – how’s “Colour Blindness” for the title of the photo below….