Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Water Festival (11/3/2006)

Water festival cover page.	Map of Cambodia with star indicating Phnom Penh.	Vender with selling colorful balloons.	Cambodian boy selling souvenirs.
Scullers and sculling boats on the Mekong River.	Colorful balloons in front of the scullers.	Taking a break in the river weeds and litter.	Spectators and scullers on the river bank.
Water wader holding with water and food in hand.	Wading through the litter!	Sculling boats on the river.	Taking a break in the river weeds.
The cockswain directing his crew.	Boats racing in the background.	A shady spot to view the races.	Blue and pale yellow skulling team.
Close-up of the blue and pale yellow skulling team.	Blue and pale yellow skulling team coming back to shore.	An evening view from my 5th floor hotel balcony of the crowd on the street below.	I stayed at the Bougainvillier Hotel with a perfect vantage point of the Mekong River.
When it got dark, nine dragon boats passed by on the Mekong River.	Close-up of the first dragon boat.	The second dragon boat.	As the boat went by, loud Cambodian music blared in the background.
Fireworks also went off as the dragon boats went by!	The third dragon boat.	The fourth dragon boat.	Close-up of the fourth dragon boat.
The fifth dragon boat.	The sixth dragon boat.	The seventh dragon boat.	Fireworks overhead as the sixth and seventh boats went by.
The eighth dragon boat.	The ninth dragon boat. It was an ad for a bank ATM machine!