2015 - MEKONG RIVER - Kampong Cham school visit

EARLY EVENING & THERE IS TO BE A PARTY ON SHORE

HOSTED BY THE SHIPS COMPANY, TABLES WERE SET UP FOR DRINKS & FOOD & THE VILLAGERS ATTENDED ...

SOME SAT IT OUT & WATCHED FROM THEIR HOUSES ..

A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL I THINK, ALTHOUGH I DID NOT FEEL WELL ENOUGH TO GO ASHORE & ALL THOSE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FROM ON DECK ... QUITE A WAYS AWAY.

A MISTY START TO THE DAY ..

KIDS ARE ASSEMBLING TO FOLLOW US AROUND ON OUR VILLAGE WALK ... TRYING TO SELL US SOUVENIRS ..

WE GO INTO A SILK WEAVING CENTER & THE KIDS WAIT ON THE STREET ..

I TRY A LOCAL DRINK .. WHITE FUNGUS, Mmm - MY FAVOURITE ..

THE GIRL ON THE LEFT HAD BEEN MY UNOFFICIAL GUIDE FOR A WHILE & NOW WE ARRIVE AT WHERE HERE STUFF IS LAID OUT FOR SALE. SHE WORKS AT ONE OF THE FANCIEST HOTELS AROUND AS A TRAINEE FOR THE PRINCELY SUM OF 30 DOLLARS A MONTH. I BUY THREE NICE SCARFS FROM HER .. & HER SISTER ON THE RIGHT.

THE MASSAGE GIRLS & THE BOOT CLEANING GUY GET THE SCARVES THE SECOND I STEP ON BOARD ..

NOW WE HEAD OFF TO ANOTHER VILLAGE ...

A STEEP WALK UP THE RIVER BANK ..

A STROLL THROUGH THE MONASTERY ..

KIDS KEEPING A LOOK OUT FOR STRAY TOURISTS ..

INTO THE VILLAGE .. PEOPLE KEEP THEIR LIVESTOCK CLOSE BY ..

MEN MAKING CART WHEELS ..

KIDS GIVING THEM INSTRUCTIONS ..

BRIEFLY UP ONTO THE ROAD & A DRINK OF SOMETHING COLD ..

NOW WE ARE AT THE SCHOOL ..

PASSENGERS CHATTING TO THE KIDS - NOT TOO MUCH WORK GETTING DONE ..

HERE'S MISS CAMBODIA 2015 .. & HER SISTER. TAKE YOUR PICK OF WHICH IS WHICH ..

TEACHER TEACHING ..

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE ..

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HERE, THROWING BUILDING MATERIAL INSTEAD OF USING A HOIST.

PASSING A SMALL MARKET ..

AND A PAGODA .. OF COURSE

SHAKIRA'S SISTER?

AND THE STEEP WALK BACK DOWN TO THE BOAT. MAYBE TIME FOR A GAME OF SNOOKER & A COCKTAIL BEFORE DINNER..

THE END OF YET ANOTHER ENJOYABLE DAY IN CAMBODIA ...