2015 - MEKONG RIVER - Tonle Sap River

STILL PARKED IN PHNOM PENH - THOSE PEOPLE ARE ON ANOTHER CRUISE SHIP DOCKED BETWEEN US & SHORE. LUCKILY, I WAS ALREADY ABOARD BUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THE MUSEUM WILL HAVE TO CROSS THAT BOAT TO GET TO OURS. THEY DID NOT GET ANY FREE DRINKS WHILE THEY WERE WAITING & SHOUTED UP TO ME TO SEND SOME OVER..

THEY DID ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THE EVENING SHOW GIVEN BY SOME YOUNGSTERS WHO CAME ON BOARD ..

HERE ARE SOME WARMING UP ..

HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CLASSIC FINGER MOVEMENTS ..

AND HERE IS THE END OF THE MONKEY DANCE ..

THE BAMBOO DANCE ..

AND A YOUNG LADY RELAXING BY THE SNOOKER TABLE. YES - WE HAD A SNOOKER TABLE ON DECK.

NOW WE ARE OFF UP A SIDE RIVER, THE TONLE SAP, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE LAKE OF THE SAME NAME.

IT WAS NICE TO BE BACK ON THE WATER AFTER THE HEAT & BUSTEL OF THE CITY. A BIT COOLER & THIS RIVER IS MORE LIKE I WAS EXPECTING. NARROW & A BIT OF A JUNGLE FEEL TO THE BANKS. NOT AFRICAN QUEEN JUNGLE BUT NICE ALL THE SAME

GOOD TO GET UP CLOSE TO THE BANKS & SEE PEOPLE & PLACES.

THERE'S A NICE LOOKING PLACE. BELONGS TO THE MAYORS UNCLE MAYBE.

NICE HAPPY PEOPLE ...

ANY IDEA WHAT THE RED STUFF IS? ME NEITHER...

ROGER! I'LL HAVE ONE OF THOSE, WHATEVER IT IS YOU ARE CONCOCTING ..

SAW THIS A FEW TIMES, WHERE YOUNGSTERS PEDDLED ALONGSIDE US ...

TIME FOR LUNCH & YOU SHOULD CHECK THE MENU - A MENU WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR ..

HALFWAY THROUGH LUNCH AND WE CAN STEP OUTSIDE THE DINING ROOM ..

PEOPLE HAPPY TO SEE US ..

COWS - NOT SO HAPPY. PERHAPS THEY READ THE MENU ..

THIS SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRAVELING ON OUR BOAT & A LOCAL BOAT - THEY ARE FASTER BUT WAY MORE CROWDED ..

TIME TO ADD SOME COKE TO MY RUM ..

THAT WAS A THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE DAY .. AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK DOWN THE SAME STRETCH AGAIN TO REJOIN THE MEKONG. PITY IT WILL BE AT NIGHT ..