Why we travel

[Photo/The New York Times]

KAMPONG CHAM PROVINCE, CAMBODIA, Jan. 7, 2011

I was on a seven-day Mekong River cruise operated by Pandaw. One of the river stops was this eco-village, run by a nongovernmental organization supported by Pandaw. There was lots of activity going on, but we came across this boy. He had kicked off his flip-flops and was taking an afternoon nap in a makeshift hammock strung between the wheels of a farm cart.