Feeding the crocodiles

After being "templed out," we went this afternoon to Sap Lake to see the riverbank houses on long, shaky looking stilts and the floating village at the end of the lake.

Those are interesting to see, but if my memory is right, the number of dwellings has declined sharply. I suspect though its still much the same in Burma, as here it's almost certainly tourism that gives people enough money to have a more substantial home in Siem Reap. (We all want progress. After all, we almost all live in centrally heated houses, unlike our grandparents)

At the floating village, they farm fish and crocodiles. A dream for the children and even more so as they can feed the crocs. That involves more than just tossing them a fish. Instead, we have a pole with me at the back as anchor man and the kids in front. The boatman repeatedly says, " Mind your fingers." We slowly lower the fish, and the crocs leap to try to catch it. We do this four times until the crocodiles finish off the fish. Kids were ecstatic.Læs mere