Category: Daily Life in Cambodia

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.

Inclusion

This is the toilet at St. Joseph Church in Phnom Penh. Women on the left, men on the right, and urinals in full view. Such an arrangement might seem lacking in privacy in a country like the United States but is perfectly acceptable here in this culture.