Cambodia: Tour guides in the making at Sambor Prei Kok
Each day was packed with so many different experiences I can hardly begin to represent them here. In this day, we encountered the market vendors selling platters of crickets and glow worms, visited the 7th century ruins of Sambor Prei Kok, lunched by the Tonle Sap Lake observing water buffalo, and finally landed in Siem Reap amidst the River Festival and a firework display. Impossible to represent with one picture - so for anyone interested - I have added another of the lake on today's date ( http://365project.org/helenhall/365/2016-11-29).
Here, you see these two beautiful girls who greeted us at the ruins of the former capital at Sambor Prei Kok. They had goods to sell - we gave them a polite Aka Aw kohn, and they accepted this straight away without any pestering. The girls accompanied us around the forest and the ruins, practicing their English and explaining the site. They were an absolute delight and the older girl (13) talked about her school and her desire to become a Tour guide as a career. I do hope she succeeds - the area is quite remote and the school village nearby was being supported by funding from Australia.
Of course the ruins were fascinating and appeared to have no other visitors whatsoever.
Cambodia - certainly a fascinating country. Asia interests me very much at all. It is great that you could make this trip. I look forward to your pictures of this trip.
In China, I was three years ago - a country with great landscapes and impressive culture. I would like to travel again in Asia.
In China, I was three years ago - a country with great landscapes and impressive culture. I would like to travel again in Asia.