Spent Sunday afternoon wandering the crowds and watching some of the awesome race boats hurtling down the Tonle Sap. There were an immense number of people - estimates are that the ciy population increases by 2 million for the weekend - seems to be the traditional time for people from the provinces to come visit their relatives in the big city - we spent the evening drinking and eating with Da's relatives who had made the 8 hour car ride from Poipet on the Thai border - as usual wonderful friendly generous people. These are just a few of the many pictures I took - today we are going back with her relatives and I plan on getting some video. The event lasts 3 days - I guess the finals are tomorrow. It is kind of humorous wandering around the crowd - obviously people living in PP and the various tourist cities around the country are accustomed to seeing tall white Barang but the groups of people from remote farm villages stop and stare in amazement. The visitors are all dressed up in their best clothes and seem to be having a great time - I suspect among the teen/20s this is when a considerable number of potential matches are made however this being Cambodia no such activity would be admitted to. It is refreshing to have so much of the city closed off to traffic and to be able to walk the riverfront safe from maniacal motos - one has still to be wary of the VIP cars which hurtle unabated through pedestrian crowds believing that a blaring horn will part the seas - this being Cambodia there continues to be a separate set of rules for the privileged class.
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