Cambodia Trip
Day 4 (26/9) - Tonlé Sap cruise (Part 1)


Crocodiles next door to our hotel

We left Siem Reap for Phnom Penh, travelling down the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia - the Tonlé Sap (which, imaginatively enough, means "Large Fresh Water River"). To journey to the embarkation point, we got to travel in a bus and 2 pickups like banglas.

"Clean food, good taste" - sign at some Red *something* Eating House in Siem Reap.

One cigarette billboard had what looked like a tranny on it. Cambodian billboards in general had overly madeup women on them.


Village where we got on the boat

Unfortunately I'd left my food in the hotel (including some Seafood Mayonnaise Lays and Loaded Baked Potato Pringles) but I bought a packet of sweet cakey things from a local for US$1 (it tasted like that Chinese steamed cake you make with Cream Soda).


Lake house


Ridiculously long boat




I don't know why I've so many boat pictures


And we're off


Fast cruise


Luxuriating


Initially there were quite a lot of houseboats and vegetation


Everyone luxuriating on deck. If it'd been Singapore we'd have been shooed down due to non-compliance with safety regulations. Note that there is still some floating vegetation.


More floating vegetation


On deck


Lonely boat


Weird rig


Cramped deck


Hair in wind


Living it up with sunburns (Davin was hurting for the next few days)

After this I went to sleep for at least 3 hours, so I didn't notice when the lake became a river.


River housing


Sampan