Cambodia Photos: The amazing Angkor Wat Temple - Siem Reap, Cambodia Alex and Katie at frieze of warring scene - Angkor Wat, Cambodia Amazing stone giant head (one of many) - Angkor Wat, Cambodia Monks in line to receive donated food before they enter forest for weekend of meditation - Angkor Wat, Cambodia Lay Monks in white receiving food for retreatá note some are women - Angkor Wat, Cambodia Lotus offerings - Note the pedals are folded in intricate patterns - we bought these on Valentines Dayá a little different from roses - Siem Reap, Cambodia Kids with offerings at Buddhist shrine - Siem Reap, Cambodia Katie with incense at Buddhist shrine - Siem Reap, Cambodia Family at Angkor Wat - our guide told us his life story of living thru the Khmer Rouge horror, Viet Cong occupation and the present day - Siem Reap, Cambodia Monks asked us to take their picture with the kids - Angkor Wat, Cambodia Alex, Katie and Ben with the great entrepreneurs who sold us the rattan bracelets that we sent to Cabot school. - These kids were very polite and their English was excellent! Cambodia Drying salted fish on bamboo rack by river - Cambodia Waterwheel to transfer water from river under the road to houses on other side - Note that an electric pump is used now and plastic PVC pipe instead of bamboo - Cambodia Typical riverboat house - Cambodia The floating zoo on a boat for the tourists, but charming nonethless. It had pelicans, exotic birds, monkeys, boa constrictors and a catfish farm. - Cambodia Alex, Katie and Ben tentatively holdinga boa constrictor - Cambodia Little girl showing us the boat toilet - basically 2 slats that you stand or squat at - notice where it goes, right into the river where people swim, bathe, brush teeth, drink and wash - Cambodia The floating school - Cambodia Cambodian writing on the classroom blackboard - Cambodia. School "core values" above the door - Cambodia Teacher handing out our gift of pencils from Cabot school - Cambodia Alex, Katie and Ben with class - Cambodia School bus on the river - in order to start school, children must know how to swim because they paddle themselves to school by little boat - 1 - 2 hours each way. - Cambodia The floating pigpen attached to the houseboats on the river. Sometimes the water washes over the floorboards and the pigs squeal and jump - Cambodia The Jungle Temple overgrown with giant trees - Cambodia So exotic of a place - one dreams of the first "discoverers" of these ancient temples. - Cambodia Goodbye from Cambodia from the Simon Familyá one of our favorite Asian countries.
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