2012 September | Inside Cambodia

APAD 012: Eating dust

Posted by The Insider on Sep 28, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 7 comments

I took this photo Friday last week. It was a lovely day for a roadtrip.

Cloudy and dusty.

But this morning, around the same time, we have a heavy downpour. Quite the opposite of last week’s weather. Moonsoon season is finally here:

Public swimming pool. Who wants to swim, eh?

Flash flood in my street. It is getting worse every year. I don’t fancy going out to do some errands.

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APAD 011: Who’s going with me?

Posted by The Insider on Sep 27, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, Signs of Times, What's On in Cambodia | 5 comments

Are you also going this way?

Last weekend, I wore my geek hat and escaped to geek heaven, that is, the BarCamp Phnom Penh 5. It is like a convention of sorts of techno-geeks, hackers, and technopreuners who descend to Phnom Penh for two-days of geekery.

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APAD 010: Secondhand

Posted by The Insider on Sep 26, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

A sea of secondhand stuff.

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APAD 009: Prek Pnov flooded forest

Posted by The Insider on Sep 25, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 3 comments

It’s the time of the year again in Cambodia when, during the rainy season, the Tonle Sap Lake changes its size making it the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.

Each year when the monsoon season begins, the waters from the Mekong river reverses to the Tonle Sap Lake, increasing its size to tenfold and engulfing the surrounding forests. Hence, the name, flooded forests. An example of which is shown in this picture:

The submerged forests are rich breeding grounds for fish and other aquatic resources. Photo taken at Prek Pnov, Kandal Province.

As the Mekong flood water abates around November each year, the Tonle Sap water reverses and the fish swim out. This reversal of the current is marked and celebrated by holding Bon Oum Teuk, or Water Festival, in Phnom Penh. It is a national celebration and is the merriest and rowdiest celebrations, next to the Khmer New Year.