On the River Again – Siem Reap
A trip on the mighty Mekong River takes travelers from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap in about five hours. Passengers can sit on the roof of the boat as the interior of the cigar-shaped craft was not sufficiently ventilated and gets very hot. Unfortunately, if the winds are high and push spray all over passengers, they may need to venture inside to stay dry.
All along the river you pass people making a living fishing, floating houses and school children being transported in sampans. You got the feeling that very little had changed in several hundred years.