Kampong Cham

We didn't arrive in Kampong Cham until around 6 pm and it was getting dark by then.  This is the third largest city in Cambodia and is on the river.  Our hotel is fine with a large room.  They have the most enormous furniture made out of wood.  We found a place for dinner and ran into a couple of people that we saw at Terres Rouge in Banlung.  Funny how most tourists seem to hit the same places.  Up early the next morning.  Have a quick tour of the town and then go to Wat Nokor which is an 11th century Mahayana Buddhist shrine.

Before arriving in Siem Reap we visit Sambor Prei Kuk which is a pre-Angkorian complex of temples built between 616-635 A.D.

We meet the sweetest kids there selling scarves for $1 and cannot resist when this little girl says she needs money for school.

  Then a little boy rides his bike behind our car for quite a while to sell us a scarf.  I had to buy one just because he was so persistent.  You could go through a lot of dollar bills here!  Who said they wanted a scarf for Christmas?