29 Jan 2023
We had an action packed day with our guide Si Phat and our driver, who took us to Silk Island and back to our hotel. Si Phat was a wealth of information and took us to a local family who weaves silk and where we were able to see their home and hear about their daily life. He showed us all of the different fruit trees, the vegetables and herbs, the pigs and chickens and discussed how they were all used in cooking. He then took us to an old temple and to a monastery where we met the monks and the village women who had gathered to cook and bring food to the monks. They were very welcoming and they invited us to sit and eat with them.
It was a very special experience!
After we left the monastery, we went to “Silk Island” where there is a community of weavers and we were able to see the entire process of silk worms, the cocoons, the boiling of the cocoons and the weaving and dying of the silk threads. We then saw the looms and heard about the amount of time it takes to set up a loom and then to weave the fabric. It was a wonderful and very informative day and I would highly recommend taking this tour if you have a few days in Phnom Penh!