Later this week I’ll be visiting some rural villages with a local development organization to learn about effective agricultural, sanitation, and water purification technology dissemination strategies. The trip is likely to include a number of stops at some pig farms, and one of the places I might visit is a town called Svay Rieng. Here’s what my guide book had to say:
“Svay Rieng is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it provincial capital that many travelers whistle past when making the journey between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City. There is quite literally nothing to do here.”
Well, uh, Lonely Planet must not know about the pig farms!