In the West, we tend to think of houses as for people and garages for vehicles. That distinction is blurred in Cambodia where more and more people are acquiring cars and motorcycles and there are no garages. In such cases, the car or motorbike is brought right into the front room of the house. This is facilitated by the local style of house, a shopfront-building with a roll-up gate or a folding gate that covers the whole open front of the ground floor instead of having a wall with a door facing the street. Here at a hotel where we stayed while visiting our classroom in Kampot, the owner has brought his motorbike and car into the lobby of the building for protection overnight.