We came along a Pagoda complex (beautiful!) where we had unexpectedly contact with some Cambodians which made us pray by repeating sentences and imitating gestures.
They constantly touched our arms and hands and took pictures with a mobile phone of one of the boys which both made them laugh very hard. Strange but nice experience...
Looking for a shop to buy some food, we were invited by a family to have lunch with them. Although we said that we were not hungry we at least had to drink beer with them and to try some of the dishes. Two of them spoke fluently English as they work for an international organization in Phnom Penh.
They also tought us some basic Khmer words that we could immediately try out on the rest of the family.
We spent a whole hour chatting and joking. In the beginning it made us feel quite uncomfortable to accept the invitation, but they seemed to like to have us as guests. In general, the people are very friendly and talk to us in Khmer, English or sign language. Children run towards the road when we pass by, saying "hello" and "bye-bye".
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It looks REALLY cool! It reminds me of the time I were doing my project in the rural area in China. The people there were so friendly although we were not able to understand them totally, just like the situation you are in. Good luck there!
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