A few more photos of Cambodia before heading to Vietnam
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| We saw many monkeys in and around the temples. |
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| Foot Massage-the fish eat the dead skin. Jim was very interested, but decided against it. |
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| We also didn't try out the margaritas-frozen margaritas without ice? |
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| Traditional Cambodian Aspara dancers |
One of the most disturbing things we saw were the floating villages on Lake Tonle Sap. The Cambodians have been living and fishing this way for a couple of centuries and the Vietnamese left their homes more recently for a safer life here. It is dreadfully poor, unhealthy, unsanitary and our visit left us all with a feeling of despair.
This area is also a part of Lake Tonle Sap, but the people live here only during the dry season, surviving by fishing. When the rains come, they pack up their houses and belongings and go to the mountains where they grow vegetables until they return to fish again.
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