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Moto Loads #283

The time is before 6:00 AM. The place is a wholesale street market that has been bustling since 4:00 AM. The driver has a load of fruits and vegetables he will deliver to smaller neighborhood markets.

Market Madness

Notice in all these market photos, there are people riding motorcycles through the mayhem. “We’ve always done it that way….”

Watermelons

Shoes for sale

Everything worn by human beings gets sold on the streets of Phnom Penh, from hair ribbons and hats to used shoes. There is quite a market in used shoes here. This wagon pulled by a motorcycle has quite an impressive assortment. For me the shoe wagon raises two questions: [1] How do you shop for shoes when the wagon comes around? Do you pick a style (boots or sport shoes or hard soles) and then sort through that category looking for the right size?, and, [2] How does a market for used shoes exist? I tend to wear my shoes till they are not good for me or anyone else.

Ready for business

If you want a drink, this lady is ready. And you don’t even need to get off your motorcycle.

Taking over…

This picture illustrates the chaotic, unregulated way of life in Phnom Penh. This is the street and sidewalk outside of a market in the Tuol Kork neighborhood. The fruit stalls have taken over the sidewalk and one lane of the street. Perfectly acceptable….as long as the police get “tea money” from the fruit stalls.

Something Different

This morning, after I finished mass with the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa’s sisters), I was looking out the third-floor window at the traffic on Monivong Blvd, and it occurred to me that might be interesting to see. Take a look.

P.S. Well, I see that is not such a good idea. My slow Internet connection shows 2 seconds of video and then buffers for 12 seconds. Not good. I hope your connection is better!

Fruit Stand

A fruit stall at the Sansam Kosal Market.

It’s STILL here!

This is water, more than ankle deep, still along a street in Boeung Tum Pun. It collected there in a monster rain storm on MONDAY. Think we have a drainage problem?

It’s still here…

The day after the big rainstorm, a woman with a broom in the Boeung Tum Pun area attempts the hopeless task of moving flood water in her street. There’s no place for it to go. The sewer systems weren’t designed for it. Note the concrete drainage pipes lined up to be installed, though. Maybe this time next year there won’t be so much flooding.