One of the sure signs that the Khmer New Year is approaching is the appearance of water guns in store displays. Throwing, shooting water is an integral and traditional part of the new year festivities.
Enterprising individuals even display water guns in impromptu sales along the city streets.
Groups of kids gather to ambush passing vehicles, here on Monivong Blvd, a major thoroughfare.
On a smaller street near the deaf office, the group sprays a family passing by on a motorcycle. I had to pass them several times but did not become a target, probably because of my age and being a foreigner and their not knowing how a foreigner would react.
