Phnom Penh

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Yesterday we went by bus to the Vietnam/Cambodian border town of Chau Doc. It wasn't a bad drive through the country side. Lots of rice paddies! We did stop at an outlandishly painted "temple" of the Cao Dai religion. Again, the pictures are on my camera but imagine a religion on psychedelic drugs! Every creature, flower, serpent, religious head, symbol all in bright colors. It was started in Vietnam. And now has 3 million followers. I think we stopped because we needed a break.

Our evening in Chau Doc was otherwise uneventful - except for the dancing!

This morning we took a small boat to a floating village where some of the floating homes were on top of their fish farm. There were thousands of fish under the home we visited. We then took a 5 hour speed boat ride on the Mekong to Phnom Penh. The ride was fun but long. We are now in our very nice hotel room having a scotch! When we got off the boat we had lunch and toured the palace. The attached pictures are from the boat ride and the palace. Tomorrow we go to the Killing Fields and Genocide Museum. Probably another thought provoking day!

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Photos

Adam Lloyd
My blog editor

Comments

[Adam and Hazel Lloyd]

The boat ride
Your blog editor was having a bad hair day, for sure. Pam, I heard some rumor about the skipper having problems trimming the boat. Ultimately he resolved them. Could you give us some details please. Thanks, Adam

[Adam and Hazel Lloyd]

Whiskey
We too are having whisky in our room. Ours is "Lao sticky rice whisky" from XangHai village. Perhaps you or Otto remember sampling it! It says "50%" on the bottle, which I presume means its 100 proof. Adam

[Pams travels]

Balance
It appeared as if some of the more balanced people had to move to the unbalanced side of the boat. Made all kinds of sense to me!

[DH]

Ankor Wat
will you see Ankor Wat tomorrow??

[Pams travels]

Blog
Day after tomorrow. Can hardly believe we are home in a week! Having a great time!