Monday, September 11, 2017

Kompong Yuol, Cambodia

It was Eid Mubarak of 2017 when 7 bikes from Negri Sembilan and a 4WD vehicle went to Kompong Yuol to perform the Qurban.  11 cattle were slaughtered for Qurban and 1 cattle for Aqiqah.  We traveled fro Senawang, Negeri Sembilan by road passing through Thailand. Six days and 2,500km later we arrived Kompong Yuol at 1.00am in the morning of Hari Raya Qurban. 

What appears to be a lake is actually a flood plain of one of the tributaries of the Bassac River flowing into Vietnam. Six months in a year the water recedes and rice will be planted and the main activity is rice planting. The next six months they fish the waters.. Due to the abundance of water, there are also large number of geese and ducks. The geese are everywhere going about in the village in small flock but not the ducks.. they are always in one huge flock.


Sunrise over the flooded plains 

 Boats used for fishing and catching the abundant river prawns

 A girl tending her little sister

 Flocks of geese in front of the one and only mosque

 Geese are thriving and they are everywhere due to the abundance of water

More flocks of geese going about their business in the village





Local resident having breakfast at a stall

A mother and her twins