A few weeks ago some fellow volunteers and I went to our provincial town to celebrate a Cambodian Holiday known as the Water Festival. We had three days off from school and watched different teams row their boats along the Mekong River. It wasn't very competative. In fact, I saw a few guys napping while their team mates rowed away. We also took advantage of sight seeing some wats and other attractions around Kampong Cham.
This is Wat Nokor which dates back to the 11th century.
We also biked up to Phnom Pros and Phnom Srei (Man and Woman Hills). The reason behind their name is because legend has it that the men and women of a nearby village had a competition to decide which gender would thereafter be responsible for proprosing marriage. Whichever group had the taller mountain in one day could forver forgo proposing. Some how the men were duped into believing that they had won so they got drunk and fell asleep. Meanwhile, the women labored through out the night and ended up winning.
When we checked out these two hills you can definitely tell that the Phnom Srei is more victorious than the Phnom Pros...sorry boys.
Children of Cambodia...gotta love them!
On the following day we biked over a bridge to get to this light house that looks over the Mekong River. It was originally constructed during the French colonial period. We decided to be extra adventurous by climbing it.
Looking straight up to the top of the light house.
Irene, Katy and I wanted to be brave and try climbing to the top of it.
Amelia was smart and decided to wait for us.
Getting to the top was definintely worth the view but...
looking down, not so much.
This picture kind of reminds me of a drawing done by M.C. Escher. The one where there are all these stair cases are going up and down and sideways and you don't which direction to take. Yeah, i had that same dizzy feeling while being at the top.
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