Cambodian water festival coming up.

[Raxmei]

Every year around this time Cambodia's Tonle Sap river reverses its course. Since June the river has been flowing from the Mekong river to Tonle Sap Lake. Soon it will instead flow from the Tonle Sap to the Mekong. This event is cause for some celebration. Millions of people will be gathering to Phnom Penh for the festivities, my mother among them. Hopefully she'll take some pictures while she's there.

[Frank Hipper]

I've heard Cambodian food is great, I'd imagine something like this would bring out the best of it.

Have fun, Raxmei's mom.

BTW, isn't Tonle Sap lake part of Angkor Wat?

[The Duchess of Zeon]

Every year around this time Cambodia's Tonle Sap river reverses its course. Since June the river has been flowing from the Mekong river to Tonle Sap Lake. Soon it will instead flow from the Tonle Sap to the Mekong. This event is cause for some celebration. Millions of people will be gathering to Phnom Penh for the festivities, my mother among them. Hopefully she'll take some pictures while she's there.

Very nice. I would like to see them, in fact, so.. Well, I hope she does, too!

Curious, though--I had thought the celebration was for the beginning of the floods, since they bring a fair amount of prosperity to the region, not their ending.

[Phil Skayhan]

Very nice. I would like to see them, in fact, so.. Well, I hope she does, too!

Curious, though--I had thought the celebration was for the beginning of the floods, since they bring a fair amount of prosperity to the region, not their ending.

I think you're thinking of Songkran, the water festival in Thailand, which occurs in April. I haven't been there for that but I hear it's a lot of fun.

I have been there for Loi Krathong, the lunar holiday, and it is beautiful. Plus, all the bars have free food (usually a pig on a spit) available. I think I have some pictures of that around here somewhere....

[Phil Skayhan]

Here we are...enjoy