Kompong Cham Trip

Four of the seven MMAF members in Cambodia took a trip to the province of Kampong Cham in July, 2000. The trip was part of the orientation of the new Maryknollers to Cambodia and an opportunity to see how the church operates in the rural provinces.

This second page shows some of the houses in a small Christian village along the Mekong River

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Boarding the outboard motor boat on the Mekong
Saturday morning we missed the large river ferry so we rented a small speedboat to take us an hour up the Mekong River A house in the Christian village
One of the houses along the muddy path of the village

Houses in the small village are on stilts as protection against the annual floods A village house and boat
Many of the villagers are fishermen

Another village house and family
Another village house
A village house and children

A vegetable stand
Several small vegetable stands are interspersed among the houses After an hour's ride up the Mekong, our boat nosed into the muddy bank and we walked through the thick trees to the muddy track that is the village road. All these houses are rough-cut lumber with split bamboo floors and thatched roofs. There is no electricity or running water and I never saw an outhouse except at the church. Pigs and chickens and dogs live under the houses except during the floods when they live inside with the family. This trip gave us a good experience of the annual rainy season!

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Saturday morning we missed the large river ferry so we rented a small speedboat to take us an hour up the Mekong River	One of the houses along the muddy path of the village
Houses in the small village are on stilts as protection against the annual floods	Many of the villagers are fishermen
Another village house	A village house and children
Several small vegetable stands are interspersed among the houses	After an hour's ride up the Mekong, our boat nosed into the muddy bank and we walked through the thick trees to the muddy track that is the village road. All these houses are rough-cut lumber with split bamboo floors and thatched roofs. There is no electricity or running water and I never saw an outhouse except at the church. Pigs and chickens and dogs live under the houses except during the floods when they live inside with the family. This trip gave us a good experience of the annual rainy season!