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You may have read about the dam collapsing in Laos the week before last and sending a whole lot of water south in the Mekong. That water has now arrived in Phnom Penh and combined with the normal rains of this season has raised the water level on our riverfront quite high. Normally these tourist boats, moored in the same place, would be out of sight with the river level about 15-20 feet lower.
Cambodia doesn’t observe many traffic rules. One exception is attaching warning flags to loads that stick out the back end of a truck or tuk-tuk or motorcycle. It may not even be a law here, but locals put out those warning flags. Click here to see some examples.
Many people have seen the movie The Killing Field and many have visited the killing field near Phnom Penh, the site most people know of. There are actually about 300 killing fields, though, spread throughout the country. There is such a large number of these fields because the number of Cambodians killed by the Khmer Rouge was great. It is generally thought that the Pol Pot regime was responsible for the deaths of perhaps 1.5 to 2 million people. The killing field that most tourists visit is the orange dot along the river, immediately south of Phnom Penh (next to the row of three yellow prison dots).
It’s a good thing she has her helmet. In case of emergency, she won’t have to go home to get it.
The sun is bright and hot in Cambodia and people cover up themselves and their vehicles. Click here to see some of the cover-ups on Phnom Penh streets.
I’m in Kampot this afternoon for a meeting at DDP in the morning. When I was walking back to the guesthouse this evening, I saw a burger joint with this sign.
I don’t think so….
You want oranges? We got oranges….
These oranges are from Battambang Province in northern Cambodia. That province is famous throughout Cambodia for its oranges (which are actually green and do not turn orange).
Pomelos are for sale on the street now, a sign of the changing seasons when the trees, weather, etc., all remain the same. Pomelos, with color and texture and appearance of a grapefruit–but with a much better taste, IMHO, are one of my favorite fruits.
“Well, how else can I get my refrigerator home? You want me to walk down the street with it?”
So? Don’t you have a spare on YOUR car?