Mekong River Expedition February 5, 2014

Today I waved goodbye to the group who was going to visit the Kampong Tralach Pagoda; however, Neville, our Tour Director, arranged for 4 crew members to carry me up the very steep bank with tiny toe hold in a deck chair.  Before I knew it, I was sitting in an ox cart with a crew member.  The local population stopped what they were doing and watched our parade as we passed along the bumpy roads, past rice fields and small villages on our way to the pagoda.  Back on the boat (after the crew members transported me down the bank), we cast off for the floating village of Kampong Chhnang on the shore of Tonle Lake, the largest freshwater lalke in southeast Asia.  It supplies fesh fish for 1/2 of the Cambodian population.