Campot to Takeo
I feel SO much better today. Today was a little more riding than we have been doing but was mostly paved. We had several people have heat related issues today and one crash (a gal tipped over when she stopped and rolled down a little bit of a hill. It looked aweful but she's fine.) by the end of the day we had 9 people who decided the air conditioned bus was looking mighty fine and passed on part of the riding. Like I said, I felt so much better today and spent the day riding near the frount of the pack. It was a great day.
Early on we stopped at a Buddist temple nestled up against some clifs that were riddled with caves. Children guided us through the caves and showed us the cave formations and the Budda statues. It was amazingly pretty and the kids were cute and inquisitive.
We also made a quick (impromptu stop due to a flat tire) at a house where they make pottery. They construct small pottyer ovens in which the wood is fet in to the front of it and it has a stand that golds the pot above the flames. This is used for much of their cooking. It was hugely interesting.
Lunch today was a traditional Cambodian meal that was cooked in a home along the route. It was very good.
Most of the houses we have seen are built on 8' long stilts. In the dry season it serves as a shaded place to work or hang out and is cool and in the rainy season, it keeps the house from flooding.
Cool temple in the clifs.
Monkeys.
Clifs.
Pottery bowl on oven.
Woman making pottery.
Temple as we were riding by.
Early on we stopped at a Buddist temple nestled up against some clifs that were riddled with caves. Children guided us through the caves and showed us the cave formations and the Budda statues. It was amazingly pretty and the kids were cute and inquisitive.
We also made a quick (impromptu stop due to a flat tire) at a house where they make pottery. They construct small pottyer ovens in which the wood is fet in to the front of it and it has a stand that golds the pot above the flames. This is used for much of their cooking. It was hugely interesting.
Lunch today was a traditional Cambodian meal that was cooked in a home along the route. It was very good.
Most of the houses we have seen are built on 8' long stilts. In the dry season it serves as a shaded place to work or hang out and is cool and in the rainy season, it keeps the house from flooding.
Cool temple in the clifs.
Monkeys.
Clifs.
Pottery bowl on oven.
Woman making pottery.
Temple as we were riding by.
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