Charles Dittmeier – Page 151 – Welcome to Cambodia, and…..

The Penthouse

In the grey middle building, I suspect the rooms on the second and third floors are probably more comfortable than that room on the fourth floor!

Many trades or types of products tend to concentrate in certain areas. Thus we see several shops making shoes or selling phones or medical supplies all on the same street. By Orussey Market there are these shops selling watches.

Bird’s Nest Soup

Bird’s nest soup is a Cambodian export and because it is so valuable, special buildings are erected here as nesting places for the swiftlets that produce the nests used in the soup making. Click here to see some of the buildings.

Notable Quotes

The deepest purpose of the church is not to defend doctrine but to continue the earthly ministry of Jesus.
U.S. Catholic magazine

Straight from the Mekong

I don’t know what the season for shellfish is, but they seem to be on the streets rather consistently. These carts go everywhere and people buy a tin can full of them. The large jar has a hot sauce to spice things up.

Clean Kitchen?

Here are two young women cooking lunch and washing dishes on the floor of a generator shop. Maybe they swept first….

Changes, for the good

Some changes taking place in Cambodia are subtle and wouldn’t be noticeable to people arrived in the last five years. The picture above would not have been possible when I arrived twenty years ago: workers wearing helmets and safety vest, metal scaffolding. It’s still not the norm here but more and more construction sites are following international safety standards as outside funders and developers take a stake in the development of the kingdom.

Enough for an omelette

Sixty-nine dozen eggs… That should be enough to last till Saturday.

Cultural Differences in Cambodia

I find it interesting to see the different ways different cultures do things. Click here to see some cultural practices that would vary quite a bit from what one might find in a western hotel.

DDP Staff Meeting #5

Today was the travel day back to Phnom Penh. It was another long trip, nine hours to do 180 miles, but that’s Cambodia. No one seemed to mind too much because it was the end of a really enjoyable trip. Click here for some photos from the return trip.

Author: Charles Dittmeier