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Our first day out on the back of a pair of motos. Our two guides, Han Houn and Sambath, couldn't have been nicer people or more careful drivers. We had a fantastic time - thanks!

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A typical temple
A typical temple
Sambath fills up
Sambath fills up
Sambath shows off the after effects of his cupping
Sambath shows off the after effects of his cupping
Phnom Sampeau
Phnom Sampeau
A not terribly successful close-up of a Frangipani flower
A not terribly successful close-up of a Frangipani flower
Snaung (?) leaves, which people ate when they were starving during the Pol Pot period. It's also used for sour soup.
Snaung (?) leaves, which people ate when they were...
A house in 'chilli village': those are chillies drying on the roof
A house in 'chilli village': those are chillies...
Wat Banan
Wat Banan
Don't know what she's doing, but he's using a gadget to crush bits of sugar palm to extract the sugar (the debris is on the ground)
Don't know what she's doing, but he's using a gadget...
Crossing Stung Sangker on a decidedly iffy bridge (and the back of Han Houn's ear!)
Crossing Stung Sangker on a decidedly iffy bridge...
Stung Sangker, taken on the move from the same bridge
Stung Sangker, taken on the move from the same bridge
Quintessential Cambodia: an ox cart we passed, with a sugar palm behind (the tallest tree)
Quintessential Cambodia: an ox cart...
A curve in Stung Sangker, showing how it's scooped its bed out of the landscape
A curve in Stung Sangker, showing how it's scooped...
Fruit bats in the grounds of a Buddhist monastery, because they know the farmers will kill them if they live anywhere else
Fruit bats in the grounds of a Buddhist monastery...
The fruit bats after Han Houn disturbed them by whacking a dead banana leaf on the ground
The fruit bats after Han Houn disturbed them by...
A family we visited, preparing their produce for market
A family we visited, preparing their produce for market
Weighing the spring onions
Weighing the spring onions
A bundle of lemon grass
A bundle of lemon grass
Jack fruit on the tree
Jack fruit on the tree
Big jars for collecting precious rainwater
Big jars for collecting precious rainwater
A very Monet-esque haystack
A very Monet-esque haystack
A brick factory - some of the workers live here
A brick factory - some of the workers live here
The kiln for firing the bricks - the big pile at the back is rice husks used for fuel
The kiln for firing the bricks - the big pile at the...
A piglet finds something tasty...
A piglet finds something tasty...
...and meets competition
...and meets competition
The famous Bamboo Train
The famous Bamboo Train
Back in town, a food stall - one lot of those black things is deep fried crickets
Back in town, a food stall - one lot of those black...
Dinner: Sambath holds up beef with red ants (the best beef we had in Cambodia!) and Han Houn 'Cambodian whisky'
Dinner: Sambath holds up beef with red ants (the best...

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