The water festival was an event that I knew I was attending before I left for Cambodia, I had no idea what to expect apart from knowing that I was 1 of 40 rowers in a dragon boat!
On the day in question (22 November) we were all hurdled into the back of a pick-up van (like lambs to the slaughter as it turned out to be!!) to get to the waterfront from the programme office, a real sense of joviality amongst us all as we waved to onlookers who cheered on this bunch of barangs in their green T-Shirts and hats on their way to an absolute thrashing at the festival (we, at that point did not know this but there was a lot of laughter from the onlookers which made me wonder if they were somehow aware of our fate ?!....)
The end result was that we came 4th out of a two boat race then ended up drifting down the Mekong as the group lacked strength and direction to get back !.....Of course it's all about participating...I'm sure we'll do much better next year !
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