Kampong Cham

I got the chance to head up north to Kampong Cham province the last couple of days. It is the perfect time to be out in Cambodia now - the weather is actually "cool" most days - about 80 or so. One of the temples just outside the provincial capital is my favorite in the country so far - it's from the 7th century but still used by all the villagers for prayer. Most of it is crumbling, but they built a new "preah vihear" or smaller temple inside for the Buddhist adherents who come by foot or on bicycle to offer bananas, chicken or incense to the gods. There are literally hundreds of these temples around the country, most in tiny, out of the way villages that no one visits. This is quite an amazing country to toodle around in and fortunately for me I have a job that requires a lot of toodlin' :) The picture of the two kids holding the saffron monk's robe is basically a shot of them trying to catch coconuts that their friend is picking out of the tree above.