Today started with a trip to the 'lady's temple, a Hindu temple that has the best preserved wall carvings of any of the temples. It was much smaller but in better condition because of the higher quality sandstone. On the way there we stopped to see how rice noodles, mainly used in soup, we're made. They were very good. On the way back we stopped to to how palm sugar is made. It was like a hard candy of pure sugar!

After a brief rest, we took a very bumpy ride to a floating village. Normally, in the wet season, this road would be underwater so needless to say it was full of potholes. We then boarded a boat which rooks us out of the canal to the floating village. There are approximately 1000 people who live in houses on the water who move when the water gets too high or low. They had just moved a few weeks ago. They have no electricity but have tv run off a car battery. The children roam free, no matter what age, and learn to swim before they can walk. This was truly amazing to see how they live. School had just ended when we arrived and all the kids were rowing home. These people were poor but not miserable.

Our last hurrah was a short ox cart ride. It was very uncomfortable!! We saw a beautiful sunset. Our ox cart driver was 13, he looked about 10, and spoke pretty good English. He was the class president and wished us luck.

Weds is a travel day til we fly home. This has been an extraordinary trip. We have seen so much. The people here are extremely friendly, no minding having their pictures taken and even posed. The service people are as gracious as they could be. I have a new appreciation for tuk tuks and wish we had them at home. Everything is so cheap here, goodbye to dollar beers. We have really loved southeast Asia and are glad we came now befor it gets more touristy.