The next day we headed to the floating village (not to be mistaken for the floating market in Thailand- this is completely different). The floating village is on the Tonle Sap Lake (Great Lake) and there are about 200-300 houses built out of wooden platform and old boats. During the Monsoon months, this is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. There are several thousand people who live on the lake. The village is completely self sufficient and has its own floating school, grocery store, clinic, place to play basketball (imagine a big cage), and police station. What was interesting was that going to the bathroom, drinking, bathing, washing dishes, and fishing were all from the same source- the lake. It is definitely one of those places you question the way we live when there are so many others that live their peaceful little happy lives like this.
That evening we headed for the hills...Bakheng Hill. We set out to see the sunset, however it was a bust...it was rainy and cloudy. Typically you can see Angkor Wat from the hill but it was too overcast for us. The steep stairs we had to climb to the top were a trip....remember that ole saying...what goes up must come down! OYE!
Hmmm what else...oh yes, I tasted frog legs...coated in curry...everyone says they taste like chicken...now I love me some chicken and no, nope I don't see the correlation.
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Dancing and throwing of baby powder interesing way to celebrate. I guess you did not miss much.
Ug, those frog legs look nasty. Am enjoying your posts and learning of Asia. We may have snow tonight so think of us, will ya?
Be safe and enjoy your vacation.
Love you!
Those look like some pretty big frogs those legs came from. And the lake water looks pretty brown. I guess that is because they use it for everything.
Do students ever use sea sickness as an excuse for not going to school?
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