After leaving our luggage at Jasmine, we take a tuk tuk to our starting point of our walking trail. This trail is featured in Lonely Planet, Siem Reap. Our first stop, Wat Preah Inkosei. Not a big place to visit. So we took some pictures and left.
Beside Wat Preah Inkosei is a school. It's recess time. When I gestured to them to offer to have their photos taken, they smiled shyly and motioned excitedly to their friends to join in the fun. Though we do not understand each other, we share the same laughter. The clanging of a rod and the rusty tyre rim marks the end of recess time. The future of Cambodia...
A group of older children are playing on a tree by Siem Reap river. A hammock is tied on two branches, offering a place for reading or nap for the youngsters. They wave at us, shouting "Hello!" while we are crossing the bridge to reach to their side of the river. One by one, they create splashes as they jump into the river to remove the heat off their back. At this point, I wish I could cut off the jeans I'm wearing. It's too hot...
The morning market along Siem Reap river.
This little girl could not talk properly. Not even Cambodian. She makes sounds and smile for the camera. After seeing her picture in my camera, she smiled shyly and run towards her laughing father. I'm the enrichment for her young daughter.
Along the market, there are barber stores and shops that has one to three televisions. People can pay to sit and watch all three televisions at the same time. We actually took the opposite direction of the river and ended up at some unfamiliar place not shown on the map. We interrupted a hair cutting session and the barber pointed out the right direction. He then told his onlooking son that we are actually asking for the direction of Wat Bo (our next destination). It seems like he is teaching his son some useful English so that in future he can make a living for himself by serving the booming Cambodian tourism industry.
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