Up the Mekong

The Kizuna Bridge in Lampong Cham, Cambodia

On our second day in Kampong Cham, one of the volunteers organized a boat trip up the Mekong, which would give help us get to know the area better. The rickety craft held about 20 people, all of us sitting on the wooden floor of the boat. We left from the shore just north of the bridge across the Mekong at Kampong Cham.

After about 1½ hours we reached Wat Han Chey, a Buddhist temple beautifully situated on a hill overlooking the Mekong. Its brick structures date from the 8th century. We toured the temple and its grounds for about an hour, before heading back downriver. We stopped to visit a village on a large island in the middle of the Mekong before continuing on back to Kampong Cham.

Flickr photo streams from our afternoon on the Mekong:

Along the Mekong

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39965767@N05/sets/72157623773617102/

Volunteers wield their cameras http://www.flickr.com/photos/39965767@N05/sets/72157623558449551/

Wat Henchey

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39965767@N05/sets/72157623773564572/

Children from the village http://www.flickr.com/photos/39965767@N05/sets/72157623558402817/