| Home |
Koh Trong Homestay
|
| I was in Kratie, eastern Cambodia, and I'd been wanting to do a homestay with a local family. Here I got the chance. | |
|
My room in the guest house overlooked the Mekong River
|
|
|
Over the bank and down a ways was the ferry to Koh Trong Island, site of my homestay |
|
|
The ferry fleet consisted of the small boat on the right, and the larger ferry straight ahead |
|
|
I rode the small boat on the way to the island |
|
|
|
|
My boat companion |
|
|
We approach the island |
|
|
Off the ferry on the island side, I hire a ride on a motorbike to get to my homestay |
|
|
Inside, it's a large open space, with a private room on either side of the dining area Beyond the two blue-colored doors are the kitchen and bath areas |
|
|
The only electricity in use is this battery-powered fluorescent, and a similar one for the kitchen/bath area |
|
|
Here's the sum total of the kitchen Sovanni, wife Ton, husband This photo is misleading, because my flash provided almost all the light Curiously, Sovanni worked mainly in the dark, with a flashlight |
|
|
The stove consists of two wood-fired burners |
|
|
|
|
Virtually no shelving, no counter space, no cupboards The floor handles all |
|
|
But meet the family
Sovanni |
|
|
Ton |
|
|
ChyVa, youngest daughter |
|
|
Sokanha, middle daughter
(eldest daughter was not home) |
|
|
Vichika, younger son
Vita, elder son, no photo |
|
|
The three ladies |
|
|
Languidly lazing away a hot Cambodia afternoon
The whole family rested and relaxed virtually the whole afternoon the two days I was there |
|
|
I had one of the private rooms But the family simply lay down on the bamboo mats with the pillows you see here Very casual |
|
|
The water storage |
|
|
The back yard |
|
|
Sovanni is visited by a traveling saleswoman |
|
|
Guess what we had for dinner that evening |
|
|
On the ferry for the return to the mainland
|
|
|
This holds one or two cars |
|
|
|
|