Posts made in August, 2011

APAD 134: Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in Phnom Penh

Posted by The Insider on Aug 8, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Mellow Yellow Monday, sights | 0 comments

APAD 133: Clouds over the city

Posted by The Insider on Aug 5, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, Skywatch Friday, transportation | 0 comments

I spotted this ominous rain cloud from the car window the other day. It didn’t look like it was going to rain but, I tell you, light rain started to fall. It quickly turned into a torrential rain.Welcome, back, rain. Rainy season is finally here.

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APAD 132: Police outpost

Posted by The Insider on Aug 4, 2011 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, rural, sights, Signs, travel | 3 comments

APAD 131: Stay away from this plant

Posted by The Insider on Aug 3, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, travel, Wordless Wednesday | 0 comments

I don’t know exactly what this is but I was told this is a weed. Looks pretty attractive in red colour but it’s actually rather poisonous.

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APAD 130: Field of lotus flowers

Posted by The Insider on Aug 2, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, food, rural, sights, That's My World | 5 comments

Spending our weekend with the children from Aziza’s Place away from the city last Saturday was a welcome respite from the hustle-bustle of city life. Only an hour away from the capital of Phnom Penh, the sight of this fantastic field of greens dotted with white and varying shades of pink was very appealing and relaxing to my city-eyes.

Lotus is one of my favourite flowers and this wide expanse of gently waving lotus plants in the pond fascinate me. They grow wild all over Cambodia. While a lotus flower in full-bloom is stunningly beautiful, almost all parts of the plant are used in cooking.

Here’s a close-up of a lotus flower:

The yellow head in the centre becomes the seed pod when the petals have dried and fallen off. The seeds when it is fully green is harvested by Cambodians and are sold in the market. These seeds are eaten and tastes, surprisingly, like peanuts. Here’s my previous post about the lotus seeds.