DiNapoli family trip to Cambodia in 2016. Tom, Robin, and Ben.

2. Map of Cambodia

15. Since our flight had arrived early in the morning and check-in at a hotel in
Phnom Penh wouldn’t have been until early afternoon, Ben felt it’d be better
to leave the city immediately and travel to Kampot by van. Kampot proved to
be the ideal place to relax and recuperate from the almost 24-hour flight.

16. Riki Tiki Tavi Restaurant
Great food and the friendliest staff!

27. The young woman with us was a “travelling” volunteer from Europe.
She’d previously volunteered in Vietnam and said she’d only been in
Cambodia a few weeks. After working on the farm here for another few
weeks she planned to move on to another site .

29. Depending on when they’re harvested, the pepper corns will be either
white, black, or red.

30. Jackfruit growing on the pepper farm

31. Dragonfruit

33. Kep is a a coastal
tourist city located
southwest of Phnom
Penh. It’s particularly
known for its seafood,
especially large crab.

52. Three of Ben’s Peace Corps friends in front of a mural by his
friend, depicting the famous Khmer singer Ros Serey Sothea.

54. Phnom Penh Wat

63. On the way to the folkloric dance performance
we passed the Royal Palace nearby.

72. The owner’s family & some staff live at the
restaurant and are shown here relaxing in the
dining area inside.

77. This gecko which usually only
comes out at night is called a Tokay
and is here climbing down the
side of the Tree Top Restaurant.

78. Life is beautiful!

80. The Elephant Preserve at Mondulkiri

81. Mondulkiri
Mondulkiri --"Mountain of the Mandala“– is a province
bordering Vietnam to the east and south;
it is the most sparsely populated province in the country despite being the
largest in land area.
The Mondulkiri Project.
“My name is Mr. Tree. I have signed an agreement with the indigenous elders
to rent a large area of forest to protect it from logging. This area is now
an award winning elephant sanctuary. I hope you will come and visit the 6
elephants living at the Mondulkiri Project. Unlike other nearby sanctuaries
the Mondulkiri Project is not owned by a foreigner. We empower locals by
providing them with jobs at our sanctuary. We do not believe in having
Western tour guides or Western volunteers taking paid work opportunities
away from locals.
We are a community development project, with monies raised being used to
protect forests for our elephant sanctuary and to support the local hill tribes
with employment, medicine and food donations.

95. Though it might not look so, the water was flowing pretty quickly and the
bridge was old, rickety, and swayed. Once you started across there were no
handrails to help maintain balance and it goes without saying that it was
pretty scary. That’s Tom pulling up the rear.

118. .

121. Roadside stands, often in people’s front
yards, sell gasoline by the bottle.

144. Had to switch the boat into "all wheel
drive" to push through the water lilies

145. Life on the River

173. Some of the many wall carvings
Found at Angkor Wat.

194. Real lotus flowers at our
last meal in Seam Reap.