Christmas Tradition
Progress….but a bit slow
When you need a drink,…
When Cambodians want something to quench their thirst, their go-to drink is a fresh coconut. It’s refreshing, not overly sweet, and really healthy–and cheap. Not long ago I posted a photo of a man selling coconuts from his cart. There you can see the big, thick husks of the coconuts as they come from the trees. The one above has been chopped with a machete to remove most of the husk and then rounded off with an electric grinder to make it even more attractive and easier to drink. Not a bad deal!
Decorating for Christmas
Yesterday there was a post about Christmas decorations going up at St. Joseph Church where our English Catholic community meets for liturgy. Today, click here for photos of decorating the Christmas tree at the Maryknoll office in Phnom Penh.
Prepare the…Christmas celebrations
Coconuts to go…
There’s a whole lot of coconuts here! And there’s a whole lot of demand for them. Cambodians would much prefer to buy a coconut to drink on the street rather than go for a Coke or other soft drink.
Breakfast Dumpling
Strip Market
In the United States, strip malls are not uncommon–a long line of individual businesses set side-by-side along a block of busy street or highway, with room for parking left between the street and the stores.
Cambodia doesn’t have strip malls, but we have strip markets. Here is one section of street along the wall of a Buddhist wat (pagoda). It’s a narrow street and there is no sidewalk, but fruit and vegetable sellers managed to squeeze in boxes of their wares.