Our tuk tuk driver from yesterday promised to take us out to the country to his family home so he was waiting for us at 9:00 sharp this morning. We drove away from the city (population only 120,000) and down to a country village but we never did catch the name. His mother was cooking in the kitchen which is outside the house. They have cows right behind the house.
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| kitchen platform - fire burning in bricks |
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| Sara & Soon cooking in Soon's mom's kitchen |
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| Soon's mom talking on cell phone with adopted Thai boy in hammock under her home |
Neighbours make and sell palm wine so some locals were sitting around getting their morning buzz on. Again children, dogs and cows everywhere.
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| Palm wine in the white bucket. Very raunchy stuff. This is the local pub at 10:am |
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| Kid cutting up pineapple for sale while sister does homework behind him. This platform is a little roadside stand |
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| Another Super Model Cow. Maybe ours are just overweight from all the genetically modified hormones |
We walked along the road and saw several clean water wells donated by various persons and organizations. We saw a young boy fishing wtih a spear gun and he had a bag full of fish by the time we left.
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| Young man with fish on his spear. |
We saw a couple of little tike with a plastic bag full of shells they scrape off the river bottom. The shells are found everywhere roasting on racks on the street and at markets. At first I thought they were nuts because they look like a small version of roasting chestnuts but upon closer look, they are shells so I guess they suck out the meat - nor sure.
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| Young fisherman returning home with bag of shells they gather from river bottom |
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There are three ways to cross the river
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| very rustic bamboo bridge |
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| Fisherman on wooden bridge |
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| It feels about as safe as it looks |
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| Beautiful Cart pulled by cows |
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| Rice drying so it can be removed from the husks |
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| Hauling rice |
We then walked along the local market street. Same as all markets but more rustic., Goods on the ground which was dirt for the most part.
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| Lady at market selling fresh veggies and soups |
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| water buffalo wallowing |
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| This guy was in the mud when I disturbed him so he stood up |
We then went for lunch, bought a big stash of water because the hotel was was expensive and not very good. Sara then wanted to stay in during the hot afternoon so I walked to a large local Cambodian market. We were told not for tourists and I can understand why. I could hardly breathe with the huge baskets full of fish paste. It was a huge market and took me a while to navigate my way out so I took the first tuk tuk and headed to city centre to the Old Market. Again, like most markets but in a nicer part of town so I walked up and down the streets, stopped for a foot reflexology treatment and a pineapple shake (just fruit juice blended with ice but delicious and perfect for this weather, It has been a consistent 30C since we arrived in Cambodia. No rain but very humid.
I bought some fresh fruit for the room and looks like we may stay in tonight.
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