Siem Reap : Cambodia - I only got to know about this place when AL babbling that she wants to go to this place, right after our trip back from Bali on 2008. She wants to see Angkor Wat!! Ok, then I got the picture.. Angkor Wat is located at Siem Reap.
We touched down at Siem Reap International Airport around 8 am of 17 Jul and was greeted by our tour guide, a young Cambodian lady with the name of Chenna. We checked into SiemReapRooms- a small guest house run by a Brit name Phil. The Phil I know from work is a tall, and thin man and this Phil is tall and wide, well I would comment it's a lil bit like Jorn' size.. lol..
First stop - Tonle Sap Lake, known to be the largest fresh water lake in South East Asia. The boat ride from the jetty is slow due to the shallow water. It dry season had just ended, and Jul suppost to be the start of rainy season. Journey to the centre of the lake tooks us about 15 mins. When we reach the centre of the lake, it's amazingly huge. Acc to Chenna, the depth of the centre of the lake is only at 3 metres.
The people/ fisherman who live in the lake is full of hard ship. We say parents put their small kids (less than 5 years old) on the boat, and they peddle following the tourist boats - to sell canned drinks with the price of UDS 1/can. There's even a little girl with a phython on the hands, waiting hopefully for people to come and take pictures with her therefore she can charge for the service - USD 1 maybe?
We saw a lot of mothers having their young kids/ babies on the boat - again selling cheap beers, soft drinks... and maybe some local fruits. These parents keep on having children as they do not have any retirement plan/ fund. Their only hope for their pension funds - their numerous children. But seeing them living their life on the boat, and on the lake - it's almost impossible for them to have a better chance to live a better life. We are very fortunate!!
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