Cambodia is incredibly flat. We traveled in our bus at abt 70kph for abt 2 1/2 hrs to travel 160kms. So scenery not stunning just rice paddies. Most are fallow as it's the dry now. They don't irrigate
except near a lake or river. So unless it rains there's no way to have the fields flood. Therefore only 1 crop a year. They had 2m tons excess last year which they traded with overseas neighbours.
Have just finished a cooking class. It was sooooo good. Only 5 of us and we went to the market and learnt heaps abt different veggies ( they have so many I've never seen or heard of) and we made fish amok - everyone loves this and will have to make it at home - spring rolls and beef lac loc. Really bursting now!!! All for the princely sum of $8!!! Most interesting at the market was a woman munching on crickets which had been deep fried. Just like we would eat a packet of chips. I have
eaten deep fried scorpions in china but it was an effort as I wasn't convinced they were dead!
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