River Life

Every afternoon around 3:30, these long boats pull up behind the ship. They unload their daily catch of fish to sell to the market. They are a community of Cham people who live on these boats. I watch several ladies change their dresses to white robes and bow on the mat to their God. The Cham people are Islam, and there are many that reside in Cambodia. Today, I heard laughing and went to watch what they were doing. The children were playing with some of the older boys. They bathe in the river and some people come and go with goods and then they load the boats and leave. Yesterday, a woman was cooking something on a small clay pot mounted on the back just outside the covered part. It certainly makes me think twice about complaining about anything while on this very comfortable ship! gail