It’s a good thing she has her helmet. In case of emergency, she won’t have to go home to get it.
Category: Daily Life in Cambodia
Topics: Sun (Covering Vehicles)
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.
World Famous Wannabe
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….
Battambang Oranges
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).
Another Change of Seasons
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.
Motorcycle Loads #249
“Well, how else can I get my refrigerator home? You want me to walk down the street with it?”
Motorcycle Loads #248
So? Don’t you have a spare on YOUR car?
Topics: Motorcycles #2
Something of a footnote to the first generation of Honda Cubs is the Honda Chaly, a smaller lighter machine that appealed to a special group. Click here to see the Chalys.
Topics: Motorcycles #1
Motorcycles are the number one mode of transportation in Cambodia. They are not only cheap and reliable, but they can also go places, e.g., along the dikes between rice paddies, where cars and tuk-tuks can’t venture. This is the first of a series of photos about the development of motorcycles in Cambodia. Click here to see the first generation.
Take that grass away!
A truck full of sod is not a really unusual sight in many countries, but it is a bit of an oddity in Phnom Penh. There is very little grass in the cities and grass is not appreciated in itself. The last house where I lived, I watched with interest from my third-floor window as the family who lived on the large lot next door would go out with big knives and meat cleavers and assiduously scrape away any grass that dared to grow up. They wanted the bare mud! I do see more grass appearing in various places now, but it is rare enough that it is noticed.