Rice, the almost finished product

this is a small batch drying in the sun before milling. There are a few names at least for rice from the time it goes into the ground to the product you get at the table. We go through 100lbs. every 21-23 days, like you would buy potatoes in the states, we buy rice.
We had a moto -dop driver ( they are moto taxi's drivers who take people or anything else for a very small price, about 1500 riel(real) which is 37 cents, or there abouts with exchange) come with a bag this morning, said our cook ordered it. We all looked at each other. It was highly unlikely cause we buy from a Chinese family and only purchase a certain organic rice, one of the family members delivers it also. So we took it but we knew he'd be back. Sure enough he came back and said he was so sorry, he had the wrong house... Well we all knew that. I purposly didn't open and have put in our big bin because I knew he would return. Our cook will get a kick out of that. 

Rice

See the perfect rows of rice. This has already been uprooted once to help it to grow then replanted. Better yield that way. If you stand long enough and watch the water in the rice paddy you will see small fish, sometimes Thai fighting fish with their beautiful tails. Also land crabs are found in the rice fields or paddys. 

A sea of rice

in the foreground you will see Rice as far as the eye can see. Rice will harvest between next month and November in places. Bokor Mountain is in the distance and in places you could see more of the Elephant Mountain range which we have the tail end. It goes right down into the sea.
We could go up Bokor by dirtbike but after the flood it's become almost impossible. Great wash outs in places. My son-in-law's best friend who is an English student of Tim's is a ranger up there and he says they need to do a lot of work before the high tourist season comes starting in December. 

Sun set on Bokor Mountain

Isn't this so beautiful? I never get tired of the colors I get to see when I'm at the riverside and it's very therapeutic to say the least. Something I need after a day of all the kids and relatives in the house, especially after a rainy day and then all of a sudden the clouds break and you get this treat. not something I like to turn my back on. 

Sunset boat ride

We had watched the fishing fleet come in then this one boat came out of the Cham village from across the river. They were yelling Hello to us though almost completely across the river. The river was so peacful and the breeze was wonderful. sunset that night was so beautiful. A real treat after all the rain we've had.