This past weekend the pineapple vendors were out on the streets again, another change in the seasons. IMHO, fresh pineapple bought on the street like this, is one of the best tasting fruits there is.
Category: Daily Life in Cambodia
Water Festival Preparations
I had an unexpected trip back to the waterfront area today and encountered more preparations for the upcoming Water Festival. Click here to see what’s going on.
Water Festival Preparations
Every year the Water Festival takes place at the full moon in November. Approximately two million people come from the provinces to Phnom Penh to race and watch their local boats in the three days of boat races. The festival starts on Thursday but today, Sunday, many people were out preparing for the celebration to come. Click here to see the scenes along the Tonle Sap River.
Motorcycle Loads #238
Some products–bananas among them–are just not easily transportable. They don’t fit neatly into boxes or freight cars or cargo holds.
3-in-1 Shop
Cambodians are versatile, creative people, partly because they don’t have a lot of technical and other resources to fall back on. They just do it themselves. This shop could be an illustration of that. Notice the sign says that it is a phone shop and the silver counter on the right is for phones. But the silver counter on the left is a money changer’s counter. And then if you’ll notice inside (the big teeth are the giveaway), the owner has a little dentist shop set up, too. How can you go wrong here?
Breakfast on the Go
No Egg McMuffins….just a plain baguette to go!
Topics: Coolers — 1
An obvious part of daily life in Cambodia are the orange plastic coolers used throughout the country to keep things cool where there is no electricity and refrigeration. Click here to see the first part of series about Cambodia’s coolers!
Motorcycle Loads #237
How many containers to you think he ended up with on his motorcycle?
Pchum Ben 2017 #3
Today is the first of the three days of the official Pchum Ben holiday. Most people have already left town, but there are always some whose departure is delayed by their jobs or other circumstances. This morning here were some of the late-departers cramming themselves and their belongings into an overcrowded van for a trip that can’t be too enjoyable but is just part of life for the majority of the populace who depend on this kind of transport.
Topics: Morning Rituals 3
Every morning Phnom Penh gets ready for a new day of business. Here is how a street selling medical supplies is transformed each day. Click here to see the change.