Sunday, May 8, 2011

Lotus Flower

Lotus Field - a stop along the way
These girls gave us flowers and let us take their picture



Their home in the middle of the lotus field.













You can eat the little seeds in the lotus plant....high in protein.










Children at work - making $$ for the family

Take a picture of the boys with the snake and pay them.
Tourist boat being attacked but kids.



Almost looks like she is trying to trade her baby.














The Village

The school
Market



Home - boy being checked for head lice
























Sights on the way to the Floating Village - outside of Siem Reap

Painting the boat

Heading back to the village


catching fish and other treasures!!














Entering the floating village









Siem Reap - Angkor Wat Temple

Angkor Wat - the heart and soul of Cambodia, the largest religious structure in the world that is surrounded by a mout.










Angkor Wat at sunset....not really like we had seen in pictures but still impressive.







Amazing sunset










Killing Fields of Choeung Ek

Graves that have been dug up....alot of bones and clothes also come up with the floods every year.










These are the skulls of females 15 - 20 years of age.








The monument was made the place all the skulls that have been dug up from the killing fields. Each layer is labeled with male/female and approx age.









Phnom Penh - The city and sites

View from the water front street.
Common sight as we entered into Phnom Penh.










Water front street....very clean.