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As the parking lot guard at the Cambodia Development office promised me yesterday the monkeys were out at 2:00 eating today. Instead of seeing them in the same spot I saw them last time I actually rode my bike around in the office area and saw a whole family (it appeared to be a mother, father, and three babies) all eating together in a grassy area.



I also took a picture of the tree that has all the bats in it. Yikes!



From being grossed out by all the bats I rode down to Diamond Island and did some loops around that area. On one of the side streets I saw these three young men and a fourth one (not pictured) who are all training for the Para-Olympics in Myanmar. They were really nice young men and told me that they practice every day from 7:00 in the morning. We compared the wheels on my bike to theirs and we were amused that they are very similar. One of them showed me his thick gloves and how worn they were. Another asked me how much my bike cost and it made me pause to look at how simple their equipment was and yet they are racing at world-class speeds. I saw them every time I did a lap on this street (about 7 laps) and we would smile and wave as we passed each other. On my last lap I stopped to talk with them a little more and wished them all well in the Para-Olympics.




On one of the laps I stopped to take this picture of a street cart with crabs and snails because it just looked so nice.



It is hard to make out, but the sign reads "Wonderful Group" and the building on that property is all burned out and dilapidated.  I thought that the only wonderful part was the irony of the sign.

  


I am very surprised by how far the river has receded in only a matter of a couple of weeks.