Begininig of the holidays in Takeo

It’s time to begin may holidays from today onwards.

The groups have been cleared. Some people resulted happy, others were satisfied, and still another group found me as tyrant who did not understand what friendship was.

The role of a group leader/ guide is extremely unfrateful. Like the one of a sapper: once you fail - your reputation is ruined.

I calculated it in costs. And I drew conclusions, who and where my friends where.

So, I'm alone in Takeo - the capital of the region of the same name. This wonderful agricultural area has a lot to offer to tourists: nor only can they learn about Cambodian life in a close-up, enjoy the extraordinary kindness of the local population, but also see monuments from the pre-Angkor period (eg from the 6-8th century).

The things is that tourists can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Well, good enough. The people still like us here.

Today, with Paweł (my constant contact with Cambodia) and Rysio (a volunteer medical doctor), we rode moped to drive around the surrounding villages.

I was delighted with the cultivation of rice. On one field the harvest is going on, on the next one there young plants are growing, and at the following one rice ripens quietly!

A Cambodian village looks like ours in the fifties / sixties. But people kepp smiling and children greet all strangers cheerfully.

The beautiful aroma of the cultivated fileds almost made me sentimental ...