The final vacation day 20171118_031648

November 18th 2017
Today marks the last official day of vacation. We spent it in Cambodia and a full day it was. Rick was a little under the weather so he held off on the morning activities, and a good thing he did. This morning it was nearly 90 F with the THI heading to 105F which it hit at 2 PM. The morning was devoted to temples. We toured 4 more temples build by the same King, which they call King #7. He ... read more

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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

9th December 2017

Phil Farina
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Tonle Sap Cambodia
On our last day in Cambodia, we were taking a cruise on the largest freshwater lake ,Tonele Sap, in Cambodia. There are 1000 families living on floating homes on the lake. This photo of some children swimming in front of their floating home exemplified the happiness and freedom of these people. They may be poor, but they were unaware that they were poor, so they were happy.

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