Mr. Sam picked us up at 11am again and drove us to the Mekong River. Here we got on a boat which took us on a tour of the Floating Village, and Mr Sam came with us too. The driver asked us if we wanted to drive the boat, so we all did, and it was just like driving a car…. It had a steering wheel and a bit of rope you pushed with your foot which was like an accelerator pedal.

The Floating Village was much like the one we saw in Halong Bay, Vietnam…. But on a larger scale. They even had floating temples, floating schools, floating supermarkets etc. The main thing we wanted to do was go to the floating orphanage…. So we went and bought 30kg of rice and some fruit and vegetables from the supermarket. We went over to the orphanage on the boat and the children were so happy to see us. They all said thankyou for the food we had taken them and the rest of the time there was spent playing with all the children. There are over 100 orphans here and they sleep, eat, learn, play all in the same 3 or 4 rooms…. But they were all still so happy…. And waved us goodbye until we were out of site.

On the way back we got to a point in the river where you couldn't see either side of it, this showed just how big the Mekong River is. Looking around it literally looked as if you were looking out to sea, with just the horizon in view.

Next Sam took us to the crocodile farm. Here there are hundreds of crocodiles of all sizes, all being bred so that their skin can be used as leather. They sell handbags, belts, purses, wallets, keyrings etc. Whilst you are here you can also feed the crocodiles either fish, or a live duck or chicken. There were no fish… only 2 chickens and a duck, we felt a bit mean but after all…. It is the food chain and something we had to experience. Tim threw his duck in and straight away SNAP!! We saw a crocodile move his head unbelievably quick and grab the duck…. The noise the crocodiles mouth makes when closing that quick is so so loud! Lloyd and Ben then threw there chickens in…. but they are a lot quicker and managed to avoid being eaten…at first! After walking around the crocodile pit for ages they eventually got caught! The first one walked straight up to where about 20 crocodiles were all laying on top of each other. As soon as one went for it, so did all the others….it dodged a few but then ended up jumping into a pool, where a croc snapped it up! The last one was walking around when it got really close to a croc…. It got really close but the croc didn't move at all…. Then suddenly SNAP! And the chicken was gone!

Sam then took us to his house which was just out of the city and into the countryside… which was really nice with fields upon fields of rice paddies, ponds, rivers, palm trees etc. He stopped on the way and us three bought some beers for everyone. When we got to his little village we got to his small wooden house/shack which him and a few others built in 5 days. His wife and sister-in-law had already cooked us dinner which was chicken, rice and a soup made from egg plant….it was really really nice! His 2 brothers lived next door with their families and he lived in his home with his wife and two little girls Brita and Rettza. They were shy at first as they had just woken up from a nap but after a while they loved having us there, and were showing us how they could sing their ABCs and a few other English songs.

Sam's wife and brother had to leave to go and sing at a wedding as that is how they make money, whilst the rest of us walked a few hundred metres down from Sam's to watch the sunset next to all the palm trees. It was really nice and overlooked huge spaces of fields with cows and farmers still working. Sam's best friend joined us with his little boy and we all went back to Sam's. We spent the night chatting and playing drinking games until Sam's friend had to go home…as his wife kept calling him! Then Sam said to us "Do you want to go to the wedding where my wife and brother are?". We looked at each other thinking, surely we can't just go to someone's wedding who we don't know, especially as we are wearing flip-flops, vests and shorts!!! But…. Sam insisted and this would be a once in a lifetime experience so of course we went!

We arrived at the reception part of the wedding and Sam instantly went and got some beers. His wife was singing, his brother playing the keyboard, whilst we danced with everyone at the wedding. It was strange being there but an amazing experience and everyone there was loving dancing with us and were taking lots of videos and pictures.

Next Sam took us to meet his friend Mr Long who owns a really nice traditional restaurant. We sat outside and they bought us out a coolbox with more beers, a plate full of vegetables then a small gas cooker where the bit you cook on was shaped like a dome. Next they bought out plates of thinly sliced raw beef, and you put it on the cooker to cook until you want to eat it. We put lots of beef on it, along with different sauces and vegetables…. It was one of the nicest meals we've ever had. We were full up but they just kept bringing out more food even though we were saying no! In the end we had to just tell Sam we needed to go home and we were very full up…. So we thanked Mr Long and Sam took us back to the hostel.

We still needed to pay Sam for the last two days of taking us about and he said $20 US dollars each would be fine. We gave him $30 each as we had the most amazing time with him, and he showed us things that money can't buy and a lot of people will never experience. He didn't want to take that much from us and kept trying to give it back, with tears in his eyes, but we insisted. After speaking to him we know how much money affects his whole life. If he has a quiet few days on his Tuk Tuk it really affects his whole family, as he sometimes may struggle to feed them and get his daughters to school etc. He deserves every penny he gets…. It's hard to explain when writing it on here, but we had a lot of deep chats with him and can see what a genuine person he is…. And his whole family are amazing and treated us like one of their own. He asked us to go and see him again one day and we will keep in touch with him on Facebook, like he still does with Ash.

We have loved Cambodia but had to be up early for a bus to our next country….. Laos!