Nov 27-Khong Island
Several days of relaxation staying here at Pon's Guest House on the Mekong river. Fish is the specialty restaurant food and most delicious served in coconut milk or steamed in banana leaf.
Today up at 4:45 am to see fishermen come in with their catch of the day and to visit the market. We walked for several hours and finally found the market, but never did locate the picturesque fish landing.
The market was filled with many varieties of fish, frogs, rice and greens. Most of the women wore sarongs of the Indonesian machine cottons- a few older women wore the Lao sarong. A beautiful morning.
Motorscootering around the 45km island provided views of the very fertile rice paddies which were in full harvest.
Khong Island seems to be a fairly prosperous place. According to Lonely Planet the communities tend to be self-sufficient, growing most of their own rice, sugar cane,
coconut and vegetables, catching fish, and weaving textiles as needed. I wonder about the textiles. Traveling the entire island I didn't see any weaving supplies in the stores, nor did I observe any homes with looms or other equipment. Most of the clothes seem to come from the used clothing sources.
Lovely place to be. It will be hard to leave for the long bus trip to Siem Reap tomorrow.
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