Mondulkiri

Mondulkiri, the original Wild East, and the most sparsely populated province in the country is a world apart from the lowlands with not a rice paddy or palm tree in sight.  I spent 3 nights here.  The highlight was visiting the local elephant sanctuary.

Bou Sraa Waterfall

Plunging into the jungle below, this is one of Cambodia's most impressive falls.  

Coffee plantation

I had the strongest ice coffee of my life here.  It left me feeling wired for days !!

Local Village

These puppies were very cautious of us at first but soon became our best friends

A blue eyed pig !!

Beautiful children in the village

My tuk tuk driver for the day.

A cheeky monkey

Local hill temple

Little girl getting a blessing

Elephant sanctuary

Hiking into the elephant sanctuary

A little waterfall where we enjoyed a lovely swim

Two beautiful young girls living at the elephant sanctuary

Our great guide for the day

The nature lodge where I slept

One of the best places I stayed on the trip.  My own bungalow for $5 and the most amazing food.

Kratie

Kratie is a chilled town on the Mekong River.  I stayed two nights.  The highlight was seeing Irrawaddy Dolphins.  Unfortunately, there are only a hundred or so left in the wild.

The famous Kratie sunset

Getting the ferry to Koh Trong

I hired a bicycle and cycled around the island.  Very rural, great seeing how people live and very untouristy.  

As you can see, it was very much a local ferry!  No tourists in sight.

A very loved puppy.  Beautiful to see in a country where many dogs aren't so lucky.

Getting to see Irrawaddy dolphins

My boat driver

Stopping off at a lovely temple on the way back

I loved these statues lining the stairs to the hill temple.

My tuk tuk driver

Canon 70D

I upgraded to a 70D from my 40D.  

Web site for Aimee

I created a site  with Aimee for her spiritual poems and articles.  She writes so very beautifully.

See the site at aimeedavies.com

Ta Prohm

I'd seen photos of this temple and it is one of the main reasons I wanted to visit Cambodia.  It was also featured in the movie, Tomb Ranger.  Absolutely wonderful with huge trees that have consumed many of the temples.  It's a very popular temple that attracts the crowds so the answer is definitely to come at first light.