Irrawaddy Dolphins

Today we took the ferry back over to Kratie town, which has a nice sized open market and a few small hotels and restaurants along the river and further inland. We hired a tuk tuk driver to take us on a tour up the Mekong to the small town of Kampie, where we went out in a small boat to see the rare Irrawaddy dolphins that still survive in the area. We saw 7 or 8 dolphins, mostly from a nearby river bank. The dolphins did occasionally breach, but they are much less playful than bottle nose and other ocean dwellers.

We also visited the nearby hilltop temple complex at Phnomh Sambok, where we got a good workout on the 361 steps to the top. Finally, we visited Wat Tasar Moi Roí (Roi (“Pagoda of One Hundred Columns”) in the nearby town of Sambor, and had lunch at a stall across the street before heading back to Kratie, where we walked around and bought some rambutans before heading back out to Koh Tong Island.Read more