After my incredible day at Angkor Wat, I travelled about 10 kilometres south of Siem Reap to the floating village of Chong Khneas.

My guide and I got into a wooden boat and sailed on the Tonle Sap Lake (also known as the ‘Great Lake of Cambodia’). The boat ride was a lot of fun, we zipped through the murky lake to the floating village and stopped at a few of the traditional floating markets. They had everything from alligators to handmade gifts for sale. The last place we stopped had kids flying a kite from the roof of their floating house. They really tried hard to photobomb my selfies, which made me laugh as I love a good photobomb.

The kids did let me take their photo though so I could remember how funny and carefree they were on their floating house.

The last stop during my short time in Cambodia was the only super touristy thing that I did. I toured Chantiers Ecoles-Les Artisans d’Angkor. This is a Cambodian social business that was started in the early 90s. The goal of the business started as a way to preserve Khmer culture and provide jobs for people close to their villages. Now it is a way for people in rural communities with limited access to education to have a chance to learn skills and earn a living wage in safer working conditions. They currently employ 1100 people and specialise in silk fabrics, wood and stone carving, and polychrome products. While I usually find things like this hard to do, I did buy a very pretty necklace and a beautifully carved elephant that now sits next to my bed.

My time in Cambodia was very brief, just a couple of days, and while I was able to see the one thing that I hoped to see while there, I would go back to see more of the country. Like with my time in Vietnam, I barely scratched the surface of what the country had to offer.

I then hopped onto my fourth internal flight, and seventh overall flight of the journey to head to Bangkok for the next part of my adventure.