APAD 298: Khmer iced coffee
One of my guilty pleasures here in Phnom Penh is sitting down in a street-side cafe and sipping this oh-so-sinfully sweet iced coffee. But, today though, I made this at home. Pure bliss.
Sinfully sweet iced coffee!
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APAD 297: Wat Tuol Tumpong
The Amazing Race is one of my favourite shows of all time. When this show came to Cambodia (fourth leg of Season 15 which aired in 2009), I made sure that I didn’t miss the episode. One of the most memorable and funny moments in this leg, and perhaps the entire season, was when one-half of the early favourite pair of contestants excitedly, albeit incorrectly, pronounced Phnom Penh as “Sean Penn” as they read their clue. What a hoot!
Wat Tuol Tumpong, seen below, was the site of the leg’s Road block. The picture shows one of the side entrances to the wat.
Wat Tuol Tumpong was featured in one of the road blocks in the fourth leg of the Amazing Race season 15.
In this Roadblock, one team member had to put on a monkey mask and tail, then perform three Classical Khmer monkey dance maneuvers as demonstrated by the monkey dancer. If it was to the satisfaction of the monkey dancer, he would hand them their next clue.
One of the detour’s was in Psah Tuol Tumpong, popularly called the Russian market, which is just a stone’s throw away from the wat. To read more about the Amazing Race Season 15’s Cambodia leg, entitled, Sean Penn: Here We Come. Please click the link.
APAD 295: Coming home
A commercial airplane about to land in Phnom Penh's Pochentong International Airport.
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APAD 294: Of shapes and colours
For me, public markets are one of the best places to soak up the local culture. Psah O’Russei, or O’Russei Market, is a sprawling multi-level market building with a parking area (hotel, restaurant and a spa) on the top floor.
A view from the top of O'Russei Market
This is where I like spending a little bit more time, just looking at the skyline or at the sight below. It’s amazing that there’s always interesting things you can see from the top floor.
Psah O’Russei
Street 182
2 blocks east of Monivong Boulevard
APAD 293: Refreshing
These are my favourite oranges from Battambang; They are sweet and tangy and costs only 10000riels a dozen ($2.50). The glass orange-squeezer is a gem of a find at a thrift shop for only $1.50. Now I can have fresh orange juice any time I like it.
A glass or two of this freshly-squeezed orange juice to fight a nasty cold.
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