After a week in Siem Reap, I had decided to head south to Cambodia's second city; Battambang. There were two ways to get there, 3 hours on a coach or 9 hours on a river boat along a tributary of the huge Tonle Sap Lake. Not much of a choice; it would have to be the boat!

I decided I wanted to step off the typical tourist trail in Cambodia and discover more about how people actually lived. I heard about a program run by a local, which allowed you to spend a day with him in his village. It sounded perfect.