Before lunch we checked out of our hotel and boarded a bus to find our cruise ship. As we left Siem Reap we were driving through an area which is sometimes flooded during the wet season. The road was raised and many houses were built on stilts. Then, just before reaching our pier, we found that some of the homes were simply floating on the water. Our guide explained that these home would soon move downstream as the water level dropped.
We climbed aboard a tender on Tonle Sap. This is the name of the river and it is the name of the lake to which it flows. Tonle is the Cambodian word for sea or ocean and sap means freshwater. This is a very large freshwater lake, greatly swollen because we are at the end of the wet season. We passed a large floating village on the river and eventually found our boat, Avalon Siem Reap, on the lake.
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| Long Tailed Boat |
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| Another Tender Like Our Own |
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| The sign indicates that there are bumps in the road in the dry season. |
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| Floating Homes |
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| On the left is a fish trap. |
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| Our First Glimpse of Avalon Siem Reap |
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| Our Room |
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| Our Room |
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| Our Room |
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| The Outdoor Lounge |
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| Deb Making Herself at Home |
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| Just a Hallway |
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| Dining Room |
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