Cambodia- Our first two days

July 8, 2011

We arrived in Cambodia for the start of our 4 week break on Tuesday. We arrived fairly early in the morning so we got settled and than headed out the the Flooded Forest of Kompong Phhluk. Last year you may remember the floating village of Chong Kneas that we visited… the village of Kompong Phhluk was so much more memorable. It is harded to reach than the floating village. It took some 40mins on a bumping road in a Tuk Tuk just to reach the boat ramp. We than rode a boat into the village on Stilts. Most of the houses in the Village are built on Stilts of about 6m or 7m high, almost bamboo skyscrapers. It was quiet an amazing sight. We got some very memorable photos from this incredible community. As we floated up the river in our boat children laughed, smiled and waved at us… other little boys throw things into the motor of the boat… it was very funny!! The village supports themselves by fishing and a little farming.

When we arrived home from the village we than headed out for dinner and back to the Hotel for a rest.

Our second day in Cambodia was spent around the temples, we went to some temples that we didn’t visit last year and of course back to the stunning Angkor Wat- I just can’t get over that people actually built this by hand… so amazing!!

We spent our 3rd and 4th day with friends in Cambodia, today we are relaxing and changing hotel’s and tomorrow we are heading over to Battambang- which is about 6 hours by boat or 3 by bus… we are yet to decide if we will travel there by boat or bus!!

Amy xx

: This little boy was fishing… the Cambodia’s diet is full of fish and rice

: Children in Cambodia, much like children everywhere find anything to play with!!

: We got off our boat and walked into the middle of the village of Kompong Phhluk, it looked a bit like a ghost town because it was the middle of the day and so hot… everyone was inside.

: This little girl come out to see what we were doing!! I love this image as it really captures the isolation of this village.

: On the way to the temple there are people who sell banana’s to fed the monkey’s – the monkey’s come right up and take the banana’s from your hand. This little guy took the banana from my hand than chased me away… yes I was worried he would bite me! LOL!!

: This isn’t the greatest photos as it’s a little out of focus but I loved it as it shows the monkey jumping up!!

: This monkey thought he was the king of the castle LOL!! He parked himself on top of the tuk tuk’s moto and would not get off.. he was very happy to eat his banana up there!!