Cambodia: Villages and Children

The best thing we did while in Phnom Penh was rent 4 wheelers ( ATV? I don't know the difference).  We rode through villages and the children came out to wave at us.  We stopped for sugar cane juice and ate fresh mango's under the mango trees.  It was well off the beaten path.  I read that 80% of Cambodia is without electricity.  That fact was hard to believe when we were in the city but realized how it could be so when we went out to the villages.  Almost all of the roads in Cambodia are dirt.  The city is fine but once you leave you are kicking up dirt most of the time!

 

 

The higher your house the more wealthy you are in Cambodia... this is a really nice house!

Guide explaining to me about the temples that dot the country side.....

 

 

 

Caring for the rice paddy....

 

 

 

 

I have never understood what people meant when they talked about how they loved the children of Cambodia... I totally get it.  I would have taken any of these kids home with me.  They loved looking at the pictures I was taking of them...  it was really sad to see the children who were a little bit older.  They had lost the sparkle in their eyes and were not as happy and carefree....

 

They liked looking at their reflection in Martin's helmet!

 

 

All over the country side they have plaques telling people who donated what amount of money to improve bridges, roads, irrigation ways etc....

Our mango lady... She is so beautiful.

James... our guide!

We could hear music coming from the temple... It sounded like a CD... As we got closer we realized that it was these boys making the lovely sounds....

Road block at the end of the trip!