Daily Life in Cambodia – Welcome to Cambodia, and…..

Street Food

A seasonal favorite among the foods sold on the street is corn on the cob. It is sold either roasted or boiled and is usually offered from vendors pushing bicycles with a large bag of boiled or roasted ears of corn. It’s quite good!

Pomelo is in season

One of my favorite fruits taste-wise is the pomelo. It’s quite a bit like a grapefruit but with a better taste. Eating a pomelo is not so pleasing, though. It has a huge soft rind around the fruit part and it takes some effort to get to what is edible. And the fruit part is not so readily edible as a grapefruit. There is a heavy protective skin around each section and it’s difficult to maneuver around that.

Water Festival

Here are some more photos, from Day 2 of the Water Festival

A neck-and-neck part of one of the heats.

One of the boats using a stand-up rowing technique.

While the rowers are busy on the river,
a million festival-goers clog the streets along the waterfront.

[All the photos are from The Khmer Times.]

Breakfast on the road

Two young women provide breakfast-to-go
from a little food stall on a busy street in Phnom Penh.

Power Cut at DDP

We have intensive Deaf Leadership Training going on at DDP but it was interrupted Friday by a power cut.

The leadership training couldn’t continue with their agenda that required a projector but Soknym, our director, met with the group outside.

The Year 1 and Year 2 classes also moved outdoors. The power was off about an hour.

Another first

It’s not unusual to see something new and different in Cambodia, something that isn’t so common in other places.

This is the first tuk-tuk I’ve seen with a bike rack! This addition will hold two bicycles.

Morning Ritual

Every morning, starting about 6:00 AM, this woman steams a little dumpling-like concoction on a charcoal burner on the sidewalk.

And the customers come!

This little piggy….

If you’re thinking about lunch, Street 143 might be able to help.

Coronation Day

Tomorrow is a public holiday to celebrate the king’s coronation day and tonight there was a fireworks display to note the occasion. This is a view from the 33rd floor of an apartment building. The fireworks are launched from a barge on the Mekong River.

How much is your head worth?

These motorcycle helmets cost 25,000 riel. That is equivalent to US $6.25. Would you trust your head to a six-dollar helmet?