APAD 336: Sundog glory
One Sunday mid-morning, when my husband, brother and I were outdoors flying kites in Prey Sbov, just outside of Phnom Penh, Mother Nature treated us with this spectacular solar phenomenon:

Is this a double sundog? What a stunning creation of Mother Nature!
Originally posted to my other blog.
That’s a full sundog and a circumzenith arc.
It was my first time to see a sundog and I took it as an opportunity to record this phenomenon in pictures. Other photos can be found in my blog, Sreisaat Adventures.
It is not common in this part of the world but also not rare as there have been sightings in the past. Perhaps we’re too busy to notice, eh?
Read MoreAPAD 335: Busy bee
We spent most of our Sunday outdoors flying kites again. I noticed that in the area where we usually go there were lots of butterflies and other bugs everywhere.
Here’s one close up of a bee sipping the nectar off the flowers. I cropped it out of a larger picture, so pardon the blurry quality.
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Read MoreAPAD 334: Shop six-six-six
A shop called 666 selling secondhand cars in Phnom Penh. Okaaay, that doesn’t sound right, i.e., if you know the story behind these, uhmm, dreaded numbers.
In popular culture, apart from the number “13”, no other number elicits fear more than 666. But why are we scared of these numbers? Superstition, maybe.
I know it could not be, but IF 666 starts appearing on my digital clock, darn, I’d be scared sh*tless!
Read MoreAPAD 333: The morning after…

A huge fire razed a neighbourhood in Tuol Sangke district of Phnom Penh, less than five kilometers from ours. The morning after the incident, we saw the house-owners literally picking up the pieces of what’s left of their homes.
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