Nataya Walkway

Walkway extending out into the Gulf of Thailand at the Nataya Resort in Kampot, Cambodia. What I was doing at this lovely – and incredibly expensive – venue is explained here.  [NOTE: Predictions of snow in NY tomorrow had me thinking of balmy days in the Lower Mekong]. 

Gulf of Thailand

N10°32.950'
E104°02.689 

After finishing up the rattan transects in the buffer zone at Bokor (see Best.Hat.Ever.), we drove down to the Nataya Resort on the coast of the Guf of Thailand for some cold beverages and a game of pétanque. As is shown above, the view was gorgeous. That's the Vietnamese island of Phú Quốc in the background. [NOTE: I was on the team with Phearoon and Sinourn for the pétanque match; we lost both games. I'm a pretty lousy pétanque player].

Best. Hat. Ever.

Chhin Sinourn did a fantastic job running compass during the rattan inventories in the buffer zone of the Preah Monivong National Park (a.k.a. Phnom Bokor National Park). And she certainly won the prize for best headgear. Was a real pleasure doing fieldwork with my Cambodian collaborators. [NOTE: I love all the reds in this image: her shirt, the compass string, the blessing string around her wrist].