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Today I had to go back to the doctor to change the bandage on my arm surgery. I was only in the waiting room five or ten minutes but that gave me a chance to take some other photos of the obsession with heavy wooden furniture and “objects” like the tall wooden cylinders for which a tree was cut down.
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!
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.
Here are some more photos, from Day 2 of the Water Festival
[All the photos are from The Khmer Times.]
We have intensive Deaf Leadership Training going on at DDP but it was interrupted Friday by a power cut.
It’s not unusual to see something new and different in Cambodia, something that isn’t so common in other places.
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!
If you’re thinking about lunch, Street 143 might be able to help.