River Houses

These houses are actually floating right on the lake.

Parking Lot

The best way to describe this photo is a "boat parking lot." In the background is a hill that overlooks the lake. Other than that hill, the Siem Reap is very flat.

And then I met some kids . . .

So after taking the photos you see above, some kids got curious and starting approaching us.

....more kids

After seeing the boys come over, these two girls overcame their shyness and walked over as well.

more and more . . .

Now there was no shyness and each time I took a photo more kids came! This being August 2001, digital cameras were still pretty new so when I showed the kids the photo of them I had just taken on the back of the camera, I got the sense it was the first time any of them had seen a photograph of themselves.

Line up . . .

So I thought, "ok, let's get some kind of good pose with all the kids in it."

My favorite Cambodia photo

So I got in this photo as Claire adeptly went behind the camera. I have rarely smiled in my adult life and meant it, but I can assure you that this time the smile on my face was sincere.