Kampong Luong

Feb 7, 2016 2 min read Cambodia Charity Cycle

After the visit to the past and future well recipients, we drove a Toyota HiLux (aka Tacoma) truck out to Kampong Luong (កំពង់លួង), a floating village on the Tonlé Sap. As the place name suggests, most of the inhabitants were Vietnamese. I saw a school, a church, a barbershop, and a karaoke parlor. It didn’t seem to get many foreign visitors, judging from the police ledger book I had to sign before going out on the water.

Kampong Luong

I saw a lot of written Vietnamese. Obviously, it was harder to talk to people. When something happened, like a boat bumping into someone's house, neighbors would instantly relay the information between houses. — I saw a lot of written Vietnamese. Obviously, it was harder to talk to people. When something happened, like a boat bumping into someone’s house, neighbors would instantly relay the information between houses.

A supermarket. This was around Chinese New Year, a holiday that is celebrated in Cambodia as well.

At the Fair

After that, back on land, we stopped at a local fair. I always enjoy these kinds of fairs in foreign countries, as the atmosphere is grounded in something so universal, but it’s easy to see the local nuance, and a fun way to meet local people.

ពងទាកូន or paung tea kaun, otherwise known as balut, is a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell. It is usually incubated for 18–20 days. The father gave me a beer, but I politely declined the balut.

A kind of rolled crèpe that was popular with kids.

Riding into the sunset on the Highway 5 back to Pursat

cycling

Ryan L. Barnes

Designated Associate Professor, Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

My research interests include linguistic landscape and computer assisted language learning.