"Åh, så fint å se!", tenkte jeg da jeg så en gruppe unger komme syklende og leende til en dam inne i Angkor Thom. Jeg antok at de skulle ta seg et deilig plaskebad i den drepende heten.

Så viste det seg at de hadde med seg klesvask hjemmefra i sekkevis, som de brukte den neste timen til å få unnagjort, før de syklet flere kilometer hjem igjen, fremdeles smilende.

So when I saw a group of children arrive on their bikes to a small pond inside Angkor Thom in Siem Reap, I thought "Oh, that's nice!", as I assumed they came to play and enjoy a nice dip in the water in the scorching heat.

Then it turned out that they were there to do the laundry they brought from home. The next hour they worked hard, and then they got on their bicycles to go home, five kilometres away. And they were smiling all the while.