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From Krachen, Cambodia

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

From the Laos-Cambodian border we headed to Kratie, Cambodia where the endangered river dolphins are located. It was a nice little town with not a lot going on... let me revise that... nothing going on.

The first night we were lucky & found a great American-owned restaurant where we sang Carpenters songs with the very camp gay owner until close. But the next night we headed out for dinner after 9pm & ended back at our hotel because the entire town was shut down.

a dolphin

In the afternoon we rented motorbikes & headed out to the nature reserve to see the dolphins. Part of the admission fee is for a small boat to take you into the center of the river where the dolphins hang out & we timed it perfectly with the sunset. While living in Los Angeles, every spring for many years I would go on a short boat cruise to see the whales. All the boats offer a "see the whales or money back guarantee" & EVERY year they point to some random ripple on the surface, say its a whale's back & keep my money. So I'm a little bitter about fish watching cruises. But I was really happy & rather shocked that we were able to see & even hear lots of these beautiful dolphins.

Tags: Cambodia boat dolphin

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