Cambodia:
Other Adventures
The evening of Isaac’s birthday Solin and her husband, “Sam” (his
Americanized name) met us for
dinner at a Mexican restaurant with a delicious chocolate mousse cake
for Isaac.
Isaac's birthday cake, compliments of Solin.
Isaac in the "Batman" tuk-tuk.
A
Floating Fishing
Village
With one full day left in Cambodia, we chose to visit a floating village. A longboat took us along a canal bordered by houses on floats, some of them beautifully decorated. People who could not afford land could own a home, which was moved to different locations on the lake, depending on the season.
Isaac, Glenn and Michele on the longboat.
Some of the floating homes of the fishing village.
Many of them were colorfully painted . . .
. . . and adorned with house plants.
Some were overflowing with the season's supplies.
With one full day left in Cambodia, we chose to visit a floating village. A longboat took us along a canal bordered by houses on floats, some of them beautifully decorated. People who could not afford land could own a home, which was moved to different locations on the lake, depending on the season.
Isaac, Glenn and Michele on the longboat.
Some of the floating homes of the fishing village.
Many of them were colorfully painted . . .
. . . and adorned with house plants.
Some were overflowing with the season's supplies.
We
passed a floating mission school in its morning session on our way down
the
canal.
The local elementary school in the village.
The local elementary school in the village.
Later
when we stopped at the floating store “Crocodile Farm” for refreshment,
the
children were arduously making their way home on skiffs through thick
water
hyacinths. Our
motorized longboat had to stop occasionally in order to clear the
propeller of the plants, but these
children had
only their arms and paddles to take them home through
what
Glenn dubbed “Cambodian snow.” Imagine
their determination for an education and another way of life, which
Solin told
us they all desired.
The local village crocodile farm . . .
. . . which also doubled as the general store.
Children, most still in their school uniforms, paddling their way home through the thick, choking water hyacinths.
Children plodding through the "Cambodian snow" while the two dogs of the general store supervised.
And to think they do this twice a day, every school day.
The local village crocodile farm . . .
. . . which also doubled as the general store.
The
children,
many as young as six or seven, were on their own as they navigated the
dense carpet of plants.
It took many of them five or ten minutes to propel
their boats forward a mere 50 feet. Progress was slow, pandemonius, and
fascinating to watch.
Children, most still in their school uniforms, paddling their way home through the thick, choking water hyacinths.
Children plodding through the "Cambodian snow" while the two dogs of the general store supervised.
And to think they do this twice a day, every school day.
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