| The exotic look of the land is one of the things that | | | | monarchy, which created dominance of the landscape |
| people always comment on, that spend anytime | | | | by this particular tree. The sugar palm has a distinct |
| inside the Kingdom of Cambodia traveling. The look is | | | | circular crown, and is a prodigious producer of |
| derived mostly from their Khmer heritage where | | | | coconuts, a staple in the Khmer diet. |
| Cambodia was the largest and most powerful culture | | | | The other thing that you cannot miss is the smiles |
| in South East Asia for many centuries. A large | | | | and the endless hello's that you receive when you |
| number of Buddhists temples called "wats" are the | | | | travel around from all of the kids. It is easy to see |
| largest and the highest of the building in the rural | | | | that many of the kids live in poverty, but fortunately |
| Cambodia. These magnificent sparkling temples stand | | | | for them they are unaware of this, and they laugh |
| watch over the countryside, very similar in location | | | | and play all day long. Even as adults, Khmers are |
| on hill tops, but larger for the most part, than most | | | | some of the happiest people that you will meet in |
| of the rural churches in west. | | | | your travels. One sense's that their expectations of |
| The Cambodian countryside has millions of sugar | | | | the world are in line with their reality and all is well |
| palms trees interspersed in their vast rice paddies | | | | right here, right now, so why not be happy? A |
| that provide a uniquely Cambodian look. The planting | | | | wonderful thing to behold in this exotic Asian country |
| of sugar palms were initiated by decree of the | | | | of Cambodia! |