Vietnamese Women on Tonle Sap

Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia 2007

Ethnic Vietnamese populate the area of Tonle Sap much to the chagrin of the Cambodians who wish they would return to their own country.  The fishing is good on the lake as it supplies the country with about 16% of the fresh fish catch. I guess the Vietnamese are there to stay…

Morning Light on Tonle Sap

Floating Village on Tonle Sap

Remember when you were little and it was summer? How the warmth and color of the sunlight in the mornings filled you with joy? That’s the way the light looks here…to me.

Boy with Rice Bowl

A small boy interrupts his breakfast to gaze at me. He has the demeanor of a prince. He is sitting in the main room of his floating home. The floor is made of bamboo trunks lashed together.

I had just bought my first digital SLR before this trip and I felt no compunction about shooting anything and everything. No thought beforehand seemed necessary until I looked at my results. But the god of photography smiles on us all sooner or later and I got a few photos that I like including these.

We were taken on a short boat trip and so viewpoint was catch as catch can. Many of the group were professional photographers and once they got a good vantage point, dynamite could not budge them. I thought it was selfish, but then I didn’t have to earn any money with my photos. I gave my seat to someone so she could get a shot and all gasped in amazement. Apparently it just wasn’t done.