Two days in Siem Reap province

May 5, 2012 7:27 AM says Moira
Temple in Siem Reap province, taken from the car :(

Kampong Kleang commune (7 villages), during the dry season is like this, during the wet season water of the Tonle Sap lake raises to the houses level. They are "in the lake" for six months a year.

Meeting with the Commune Council and village chiefs

Trying, with embarrassing results, to introduce myself in Khmer :)

Map of Kampong Kleang Commune - the dotted/green area is the extension of the Tonle Sap lake during wet season
Young monks playing with slings

Young monks

Commune council members (left and centre) and village chief (right)

The main road

A house on stilts

More houses on stilts

One of the four pagodas in the commune

Pagoda in K.Kleang. A drawbridge connects the pagoda to the main road, and it is raised during wet season so boats can sail through it.

The courtyard

Inside the monastery

Inside the monastery

The Naga, or Dragon, symbol of Cambodia

View of K.Kleang main road from the pagoda

Drying the dry season rice on the main road after the harvest

In case you can't find your way following tuk tuk's and tourists, HERE IS Pub Street

Dinner with L. and N.

The world is a book. people who don't travel only get to read one page.

Sticky rice - a delicious Cambodian snack of rice and beans with coconut milk cooked inside bamboo sticks.

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