In this case it's nothing more than a cement shed and a pile of bones. Further away from the town sit several more temples and a rubber plantation which I have not visited. The other area attraction is Koh Paen, an island in the Mekong. This is the place where one has chance to enjoy the glimpse into rural Cham life.

Skuon:

A fried spider is a regional delicacy of Cambodia. In the small Cambodian town of Skuon in Kampong Cham Province , locals eat fried spiders as an everyday staple. Spiders are also available elsewhere in Cambodia — in Phnom Penh for instance — but the village of Skuon, a stopover on the road 90 kilometres north of the capital, is the centre of their popularity. The spiders are bred in holes in the ground in villages north of Skuon, or foraged for in nearby forestland, and fried in oil. It is not clear how this practice started, but some have suggested that the population might have started eating spiders out of desperation during the years of Khmer Rouge rule, when food was in short supply.

The spiders are a species of tarantula called "a-ping" in Khmer, and are about the size of a human palm.The snacks cost about 300 riel each in 2002, or about US{content}.08.One travel book identifies them as Haplopelma albostriatum, also known as the Thai zebra tarantula, and notes that the same species' common name has been the "edible spider" for more than a hundred years. The popularity of the dish is, however, a recent phenomenon, starting perhaps as

The taste is mostly described as bland, with a textural contrast between a crispy exterior and soft centre. The legs contain little flesh, while the head and body have "a delicate white meat inside".The abdomen, however, many find not as pleasant: inside is a brown paste consisting perhaps of organs, eggs, or excrement. Some call it a delicacy while others recommend not eating it.