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- 5. We were very excited to smell, taste and guess what it is.
- 8. Next to the Southern oriental medicine clinic, a Khmer pagoda was under construction
- 9. A young Khmer monk was enthusiastically introducing us about the pagoda architecture.
- 11. Chao Ca-a delicious dish in South Western
- 12. These are vegetables and flowers put in the hot-pot. Some of them are only found in the Mekong Delta
- 14. It was a very big holiday that day. Students were off, and they were having a big camp. We were lucky to join with them in their tent.
- 15. Take a look at the insight of their tent. You can see a picture of Uncle Ho.
- 16. In the next morning, we traveled to Soc Trang and visitedKleang pagoda.
- 17. A stupa in Kleang pagoda, the ashes of the deceased monk is put under this tower.
- 19. The elevator leads to the main hall. It is decorated with animals and god to protect the hall.
- 21. In the middle of main hall, there are four statues of Buddha.
- 22. The wood pillar of the main hall is decorated with lively dragon. The abbot told us that this was influenced by the Chinese.
- 27. The roof of the main hall is decorated with NeakTà and animals- to protect the temple.
- 28. Statue of an unknown kind of animal protects the temple.
- 29. The school for Khmer students. They teach the Khmer Khmer language, Vietnamese and English.
- 32. We took a group picture together. You can see the abbot of the pagoda in his daily costume
- 33. A very cute photo of Jenny, she helped us a lot in the research methodology.
- 43. In the afternoon, we had group discussion on the topic we chose for our researchs.
- 45. Another group was discussing their research’s topic with Lizs help. Then we came back to Can Tho city and the interesting journey ended.