APAD 024: Greens and yellows
For a budget of only 20,000riels (US$5), I could purchase a week’s supply of vegetables.The prices of these vegetables would’ve been cheaper if not for those greedy middlemen who buy cheap and sell for big profits.
APAD 023: Floating village at night
One balmy night at the floating village at Chroy Changvar Peninsula.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
This very picture I took while on a boat cruise reminded me of the first four lines from a sonnet in Don Quixote (Chapter 34), a Miguel Cervantes literary masterpiece. It goes this way:
APAD 020: The Amazing Angkor Wat Temple
This is one of my favourite photos of Angkor Wat Temple. This was taken by my husband on the first time we went to Angkor Wat together.
This is a truly wonderful Khmer architectural masterpiece and the source of national pride of the Cambodians.
>Wordless Wednesday 009: Rainy PP
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This is how it is today in Phnom Penh, which is unusual. Rain doesn’t come till May.
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>Mellow Yellow 005: French colonial buildings
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After weeks of being busy with the conference, I am slowly creeping back into the blogosphere through this week’s Mellow Yellow Monday entry.
One of the things I like about Phnom Penh is the mix of traditional Khmer and French colonial architecture, such as the one above, that are remnants of Phnom Penh’s heydays. This particular building, located along the busy riverside strip, is one of the lucky ones that survive the civil wars and are being refurbished and rented out. Others were simply torn down to make way for modern (but ugly) buildings. I hope people will realise that these colonial buildings ought to be preserved, and not obliterated, as these are reminders of the old-world charm of Phnom Penh’s colonial past.
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