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Ban Lung, Pictures
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A rainbow ends at the Riverside Guesthouse where we stayed in Stung Treng in north eastern Cambodia.
Locals enjoying one of the many waterfalls in Ratanakiri near Banlung.
A small boy looks wistfully at his older brothers and sisters splashing around in the pool at the base of the waterfall.
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 and Allan wandering through the woods around Ratanakiri
Margaret strolls into Ban Lung. Dinner with friends in a local restaurant.
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P’Chum Ben Pictures
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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 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 visiting the Wat with their families.
Allan and Margaret with Ratha and Seng enjoying the picnic, prepared by Vichny.
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.
Koh Kong Pictures
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Kampot Woman sorting fish
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 waiting for the weather to clear. Girls picking meat from boiled crabs. The recovered meat is in the plastic bags.
Ferry on the route to Koh Kong. Oil drums provide extra flotation to allow the ferry to transport bigger vehicles.
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.
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 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.