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| Angkor Wat, Siem Reap & Tonle Sap, Cambodia |
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carvings of the Apsaras, the celestial dancers, at Angkor Wat. check out the hairstyles
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the causeway leading to Angkor Wat
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another little makeshift shrine - at the foot of a buddha
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monks at Angkor Wat
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blind (and maimed - by land mines) musicians playing at Ta Prohm
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look at the massive roots of this tree growing all over one of the buildings at Ta Prohm
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a floating house on the Tonle Sap lake - it's the largest freshwater lake in southeast asia
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a floating village on the lake - more than 1 million people live on or around the Tonle Sap
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all life takes place on the water. here's a floating pig pen. even the pigs spend their lives in the midst of the lake
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commerce on the lake. people go on these canoes from one floating house to another selling all kinds of stuff
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in the rainy season when the level of the Mekong river is high, the Tonle Sap river reverses its flow & water is pushed into the lake & it increases to about 5 times its size
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Chuck & I hired one of these boats by ourselves and went around the lake
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a girl living in one the floating houses, washing dishes
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a restaurant/men's hang out spot, on the lake
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selling vegetables and fruits
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this boat is a little clothing shop
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a woman at one of the houses doing her day's grocery shopping from the produce sellers that ply the lake on their canoes
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they use these elaborate bamboo setups to catch fish - fish from the Tonle Sap is the main source of protein for most of the population of Cambodia
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a floating village
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a house moving to another location on the lake - the boat in front is pulling the 2 houses which are attached together
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boating past the mangrove in the Tonle Sap
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a little girl canoeing her family
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