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
