November 22nd: Mekong Delta - Phnom Penh
We got up early in Can Tho for pictures before visiting a floating village and the Cham (ethnic group found in different part of Vietnam and Cambodia, once
very powerful in the region) end of town. The we headed up the river towards Cambodia.
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These bike powered chariots are unique to this area
Sunrise at the riverfront
Famous fish statue
We often saw groups doing early morning exercise to music
The floating village is on the left in the distance
Casting a traditional fishing net
Security for a house boat
Loading our bags to go down to the waterfront
Ladies line up to take our party
Floating village
Fish are kept in nets below the houses
Drying fish for transport and sale
River levels documented
Traditional house
Travelling rice mill
Note many of the features from the fixed one we saw yesterday
Hand barrows are a common way of moving goods
Cham in this area are Muslim
Food cart
Walkways between houses
Tracy aboard our boat to the border
Typical home as we get to a rice growing area
Tonle Sap River
Fishing nets
Attractive local houses
Traditional local fishing net
Metal and concrete bridge replacing the old bamboo
Raising ducks beside the river
Not much protection if he's spraying something toxic!
I think they are harvesting rice seedlings to plant in the paddies
Dredging
Large scale river transportaton
Arriving at the border post
Drying rice and a broken boat
Our less pleasant transport through Cambodia
Cambodian border post
Hay is stored around a pole on the left of the picture
Rice seedlings
Riverside Wat
Approaching the town from where we picked up the bus to Phnom Penh
© Tim Cooke 2006
