Prek Kork Village

Rick wanted me to send this picture on the dental chair because it showed more clearly the way it looked when he talked of "jackrabbit" drill and spittoon. I'm sure the dentists who have worked on the ship appreciate the ship's dental room compared to this. The other two pictures are where we are now. Prek Kork is about 10 kilometers from Prek Bak. We were docked at the area where all the cattle and water buffaloes bathed each evening. When we arrived, villagers were herding them to the river and I thought we were having a stampede. The doctors had to walk through this family of water buffaloes each morning to hand out numbers for the day. In the lower picture is some of the herd bathing and in the forefront is a fishing device we found interesting. Last year when we traveled by car north to Kratie, we passed boats like this all along the river and were amazed. This was the closest we have been to one with the ship. The fisherman would lower the net into the water, wait about ten minutes and raise it. The fish would be caught in the nets. Needless to say, we have been eating alot of fish lately! gail