Treak Village
New Village, Kompheim, near the airport
September 18, 2010: Rounds of Sojourn Projects
Our favorite Christmas retreat - Sojourn
An inviting pool
Pool and bungalows
Blue sky - blue pool
Our favorite bungalow
Dining Area
Chhoy and (I forgot)
Nice threesome
Walking along Treak Village road - water buffalo
Convenient transport
Chhoy's wife and daughter
Happy mom, happy daughter
Francis discussing nutrition
On the road - extracting rice grains
Building a rice mound
Blowing the rice straw into a straw mound
Small shop within the village. Note the water filter in the background
Drying rice
Erwin and a young potter
Another small shop
Feeding the ducks
A friendly dragonfly
Walking back - we passed the corner home. There are two young ladies that live here and each year, I catch their smile - its as infectious this year as ever. She now works at Sojourn - a step up.
Wonderful smile
Back at Sojourn
A quick visit to Destination Dining - a small pavilion in the lotus pond
And Pisey - and her smile
Next we were off to another project, Kompheim
Drying rice
Rice lady
Bagging dried rice
Discussing filter (left), pump (right) and bucket (middle)
Six trees
Project home - with filter, pump
Reflections
Some of the homes in Kompheim village are quite nice. Here, drying rice in front of a red roof
Shop
Shop keeper
Village Chief home
< p> Shades of green
Rice man
Grandma and baby
C. Frank Starmer