The views from the oxcart are above. Actually the chickens are from the walk after the ox cart ride. Toby LOVED all the chickens and chicks roaming around and used his new $20 camera (thankyou Big W) to take loads of pictures of chics.
Post ox cart road, it was time to jump on a boat across the enormous Western Baray ( an enormous man made square lake which used to feed canals through the temples complex. The temples being all build down the hill from the quarry where they got all the sandstones - they floated them for many kilometres down rivers. The reserve was also handy as a water supply when the temples were towns with people in them.
Next stop a family compound - as in a few generations of families living in a cluster of houses and make a sweet rice and coconut cake on the fire. Grind up the stuff by hand, cook on the fire.
The school kids arrived home while we were there, there are two shifts a day of school so that more kids can go to school. The area had quite a lot of wells donated by charity and the school had some funding from charities too.
It seemed that the wealthiest of the villages (those with bigger houses, made of better materials) were the shop keepers - like that above.
Last stop was the AboutAsia private villa, where we had lunch. what a fantastic view, complete with the same sweet potato crisps (aka cold - like potato chips) we'd had on the first night, all manner of alcohol, including a lychee spirit and the usual range of juices. Great end to a very busy morning.
Toby of course loved getting back into the car after long walks like today (although this photo actually earlier in the week).
Speaking of Toby's favourite things, here is the decoration in the entrance gates to Angor wat that Toby took a big liking to.
In the evening after our countryside tour, we went to see the Cambodian circus, Phare, a acrobatic theatre of young adults who were originally street kids. they were impressive and Toby LOVED it. Laughed out loud and I mean LOUD throughout. He definitely won the laughed the loudest and most from the night. Photos from treetopasia and the Phare website. It was very impressive.
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