Kratie (craw-che)

During my last team's visit, the Rural Development director and I decided to take them one of our projects in Kratie. This meant spending the morning in Kompang Cham and then driving up the last 2.5 hours to Kratie, which helps break up the drive. On  the way to Kompang Cham there is also a rest stop we will use to take a short bathroom break and I usually find some delicious banana chips. There are also girls ready to tell you how beautiful you are to sell you their fruit. They also sell other things there as well, which I have pictures of...spiders, eggs, and ducks already cooked.

After leaving Kompang Cham we ran into a short delay, which our driver was able to fix. Though when I offered him my help he was surprised to learn that I know how to change a tire.

After making it to Kratie we spend the evening at the school we were visiting to give them supplies. It was here for the first time in the open I saw one of the creepiest spiders I have ever seen...

After church the following morning we went to see the freshwater dolphins that live in this part of the Mekong River. It was fun and very peaceful to sit on a boat in the middle of the river listening to the water. We sat silently waiting to hear the small stirring of water and intake of breath as a dolphin would surface for a minute before vanishing again beneath the brown waves.

Leaving the docks

After seeing the dolphins we headed back into town to eat lunch before returning to PP for the rest of the team's trip. On the return back I took some pictures of the country side.

Water Buffalo