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Topics: Trees–Forsaken Stumps


A prominent feature of the Phnom Penh urban landscape is the number of tree stumps left standing throughout the city. Click here to see some of them.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 10 April 2022Categories Topics

Trees–tortured remnants

Most of the stately old trees of Phnom Penh boulevards are gone now. But there are still many tortured remnants of what used to be. Click here for photos.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 20 March 202220 March 2022Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Wiring–loose ends

Visitors to Phnom Penh are usually amazed at the amount of wiring strung above the city streets, some of it probably there since electricity came to Phnom Penh. Click here to see some of the loose ends of cut wires.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 6 February 20226 February 2022Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Topics: Phnom Penh is wired


Just about every wire ever strung from the poles of Phnom Penh seems to be still there. The mass of wiring above the streets is remarkable. Click here to see some of it.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 8 August 2021Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Topics: Coffee Shops:

They keep coming….

Phnom Penh has an unreal number of coffee shops per person. They’re everywhere and still more keep opening. Click here to see some of the newer coffee shops soon to open.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 14 March 2021Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Phnom Penh Transport (3 of 3)

Society is changing in Cambodia and some of the changes are real progress. In this last of three postings about vehicles and transportation in Phnom Penh, click here to see some of “the other” modes.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 27 September 2020Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Transport in Phnom Penh (Part 1 of 3)

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Here are more photos of transportation modes in Phnom Penh, this time focusing the slower and more pedestrian ways of getting around. Click here to see the pictures.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 13 September 2020Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Transport in Phnom Penh (Part 1 of 3)

There are a variety of modes of transportation in Phnom Penh now, many more than when I first arrived. Click here to see the first part of a series on transport modes in the city.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 30 August 2020Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Topics: Coffee in Cambodia

Settling down

After the first coffee carts seemed successful, semi-permanent outlets started to appear on the sidewalks, staying there day and night. Click here to see some of the first of these.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 23 August 2020Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

Topics: Coffee in Cambodia

The early days

Cambodia—and most of central and east Asia–are not coffee-drinking lands. Tea is the traditional drink. But in recent years Western influence has created a coffee-drinking frenzy in Cambodia. Click here to learn about the early days of the introduction of coffee.

Author Charles DittmeierPosted on 16 August 2020Categories Daily Life in Cambodia, Topics

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For about twenty years I have published a website chronicling events, people, and places in Hong Kong and Cambodia where I lived and in other places I've visited. I did not lose all of that when I had to change my domain name and now it is easy to reach and read my old website by clicking here.

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