January 1: Last day of our honeymoon

We concluded our trip with a tour of the Tonle Sap Lake to see the floating communities.  These houses are built about twenty feet in the air because during the summer months the lake floods the lands and expands in size.  This is due to the phenomenon of the two rivers that drain into the lake reversing in direction.  We got the overall sense that Cambodia was a severely impoverished country and this gave us a true idea of how most people lived. After the boat tour we saw a few smaller temples outside the main city.  These temples were all built prior to the Angkor period, mostly made of brick and the beginnings of the use of sandstone.

Pigs in a cage just a foot above the water

Our boat captain couldn't be more that 13 years old