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Oct
2007
23

Ban Lung, Pictures

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    Stung Treng Rainbow, Cambodia

A rainbow ends at the Riverside Guesthouse where we stayed in Stung Treng in north eastern Cambodia.

Waterfall Ratanakiri Cambodia   Girls at Waterfall Ratanakiri Cambodia

Locals enjoying one of the many waterfalls in Ratanakiri near Banlung.

      Boy at Ratanakiri waterfall Cambodia

A small boy looks wistfully at his older brothers and sisters splashing around in the pool at the base of the waterfall.

Yeak Laom volanic lake Ratanakiri  girls in Yeak Loam Lake Ratanakiri Cambodia

Enjoying the crystal clear warm waters of Yeak Laom crater lake in Ratanakiri during the P'Chumm Ben festival. Girls often bathe fully clothed in Cambodia.

Margaret in Ratanakiri jungle Cambodia  Allan Rickmann at Yeal Laom Lake Ratanakiri Cambodia

Margaret and Allan wandering through the woods around Ratanakiri

 Ban Lung Ratanakiri Cambodia   Ban Lung restaurant Cambodia

Margaret strolls into Ban Lung. Dinner with friends in a local restaurant.

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Oct
2007
03

P’Chum Ben Pictures

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Kirrirom Cambodia during P'Chum Ben

Visitor relaxing in the mountain streams in Kirrirom National Park

Lorn and Nary Kirrirom Cambodia  Vichny, Sreyka and Chethary, Cambodia

Lorn and Nary at the foot of the staircase leading to the Pagoda. Lorn on the left is wearing the outfit traditionally worn by women when attending a Buddhist festival in Cambodia. Vichy with her husband Chethavy and their youngest daughter Sreyka. Sreyka is wearing a garland of fresh forest flowers. 

Monk P'Chum Ben Kiirirom Cambodia

Monk in the Pagoda receiving offerings of food, provisions and money for the poor. Some of the food is for the monks but the majority is distributed to the most needy in the area.

Girls during P'Chum Ben Kirrirom Cambodia

Girls visiting the Wat with their families.

 Allan Rickmann and Margaret Kirrirom Cambodia 

 Allan and Margaret with Ratha and Seng enjoying the picnic, prepared by Vichny.

People in Waterfall Kirrirom Cambodia  Families relax at Kirrirom Cambodia

People enjoying the cool clear water of Kirrirom National Park. Some people stay overnight to enjoy the cool air and hoping to see some wildlife.

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Sep
2007
25

Koh Kong Pictures

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Kampot woman sorting fish Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kampot Woman sorting fish

Allan Rickmann with Kampot Fishing Community     Boy on makeshift raft Kampot Cambodia

Chief of fishing village, Serla from Fisheries Information Centre, Allan and Kampot fish processor. Boy on makeshift raft in the fishing village near Kampot.

Kampot Fishing boats   Kampot girls picking meat out of crabs

Kampot fishing boats waiting for the weather to clear. Girls picking meat from boiled crabs. The recovered meat is in the plastic bags.

Ferry to route to Koh Kong  Extra flotation Koh Kong Ferry Cambodia

Ferry on the route to Koh Kong. Oil drums provide extra flotation to allow the ferry to transport bigger vehicles.

Cattle truck Koh Kong Ferry Cambodia   Boy on Koh Kong Ferry Cambodia

Cattle truck slips off the ramps while loading on to a Koh Kong Ferry. Vehicles spin their wheels and swerve on the wet and muddy planks. A passenger waits for the ferry to reach the other bank.

Koh Kong ferry with steel flotation tanks

Bigger river ferry with metal pontoons supporting the wooden car deck. The ferries are powered by car engines mounted to swivelling rigs with long propeller shafts. The ferries are steered by directing the propeller in different directions.

Thearith Koh Kong Cambodia

Thearith who manages the Koh Kong Fisheries Information Centre demonstrates how conical sea shells on a line are used to capture squid.  The squid take refuge in the empty shells and stay inside as the fisherman lifts them from the sea floor into his boat.

 

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