New Year Day 2 – honour the elder, temple and more water
The second day of the New Year, Veareak Vanabat, focuses on assisting the less fortunate and contributing gifts and donations.
Families honour their ancestors through temple prayers.

During the New Year period, in addition to specific family and temple rituals from early morning on, there is a continuous celebration with family gatherings, abundant food and drinking, music and dance. This partying goes on in private homes and in public areas for most of the week.

Activities often revolve around boats and water.

Along the rivers, people gathers for shopping, eating and take turns do some short bout trips, or punting, in classical designed boats. And some ordinary river boats.

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That time I asked for it

Happy Sangkranta Festival, the celebration of leaving the old year and welcoming the new one by washing away all that was bad and evil in the old year with copious amounts of water.

Preferably by a water gun.

Happy Sangkranta in Cambodia, happy Songkran in Thailand, happy Pi Mai (Songkan) in Laos.

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Getting b-roll from the locals

Having a talented, young photography assistant is always great!

Giving my backup mobile camera, or often my own backup camera to the ever brilliantly talented and creative ms N* is a way of getting new perspectives when travelling. She is the daughter of one of my longest known Khmer friends.

Being lighter and smaller than me, and a rather fearless climber, she is able to get to places and see motives I often miss. And being intuitively good at taking photos, the resulting shots are over average great.

The Preah Vihear Temple complex is one of Cambodia most precious global cultural heritage sites, and getting around all of it takes time and several visits. Having some assistance from locals is a key to get the most out of a visit here.

And you may even have a look at Sisaket Province in Thailand. From a safe and secured distance, of course.

Preah Vihear is a daytrip by car out of Siem Reap or Kampong Thom. Combined with a visit to Anlong Ven from Siem Reap, or Sambor Preah Kouk from Kampong Thom is a full day of marvels and sights in the Kingdom of Wonder.

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