An interesting scenario in life-in-Phnom Penh is the selling of trinkets on the sidewalk beside the Tonle Sap River. I go past there every Sunday–the only day I see the trinket sellers–and this man, or more usually a woman, sits on the walk with a display of trinkets that attracts a surprising number of people.
It may not be the main purpose of setting up on the sidewalk each Sunday, but this woman serves as a community center and people come to look and browse through her wares but maybe more importantly to stay and talk a bit and enjoy a friendly conversation in a relaxed setting on this one morning of the week. Sometimes there is just one person there, other times there are a handful, but there is almost always someone perusing the trinkets.
