CAMBODIA

The riverscape

I don't often put up a post on stuff that I did not see or experience myself. But this is an interesting one that I shall not miss. 

A friend went to Cambodia's Phnom Penh and these are the photos he sent me of the Angkor-Wat and the Banteay Srey Butterfly Centre that he visited. It seems the latter's enclosure had a footprint smaller than that of the one that was previously setup at HortPark. I heard the traveling time to the sites was almost 6 hours but the enclosure and sites were hardly impressive. I guess sometimes it's our expectations that kill the joy of visiting new places. 

Angkor Wat

Admission charges to Banteay Srey Butterfly Center

Connecting communities, creating livelihoods

I think these look like cut mangoes

a Lacewing on the Tithonia rotundifolia

a Lacewing on Duranta

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Different types of butterfly pupae

a Lime Butterfly

Boxes of caterpillars

Why do we need butterflies?

How does butterfly farming work?

What is the difference between butterflies and moths?

CAMBODIA BUTTERFLY FARM

I read in The Straits Times, 1 Dec 09, Page C3 about South-east Asia's biggest butterfly farm in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

It has about 1,500 butterflies with a koi pond. There is a restaurant that serves tropical cuisines from breakfast to dinner and has a host of activities for the whole family. Built at a mere $69,000, the centre gets its butterfly supplies from 12 villagers at its inception and hopes to increase the figure to at least 100 farmers to provide a regular source of income to the poor.

A garden enclosure measuring 40 m x 26 m houses about 30 species of butterflies at any time. Whilst it is nowhere in comparison to the world's largest or most expensive butterfly gardens, it is a project of humble origin that appeals to one's sense of belonging to nature and to cambodia's rich culture.

Check out the link http://www.butterfliesofangkor.com/