Weaving Loom
This is how they still weave cloth in some villages in Cambodia. It's all operated by continuous foot pressing. This was probably the world's first thigh-master.
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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the... [read more]
Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the... [read more] Blog: Siem Reap
Date: September 9th 2008
The hotel we were staying at in Phnom Penh had a partnership with a homestay in central Cambodia. It was on the way to Siem Reap, so we figured we would stay there for one night en-route to Siem Reap. After a few hours on the bus, we arrived at a small roadside town where we transferred to scooters and were shortly at the homestay. The homestay had maybe a dozen different units for people t ... read more
Date: September 9th 2008
The hotel we were staying at in Phnom Penh had a partnership with a homestay in central Cambodia. It was on the way to Siem Reap, so we figured we would stay there for one night en-route to Siem Reap. After a few hours on the bus, we arrived at a small roadside town where we transferred to scooters and were shortly at the homestay. The homestay had maybe a dozen different units for people t ... read more
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