Our World Tuesday: Kampot riverside
During the Chinese New Year, my husband and I drove to Kampot for a daytrip. Kampot is a sleepy town in the southern coast of Cambodia. It has the kind of sleepiness that lure a city-dweller to its small-town and chill atmosphere.
My husband and I left Phnom Penh very early in the morning and arrived in Kampot around 10am. It was cold (perhaps below 15C) early morning and it was breezy all the way through. Hagrid, our Honda motorbike, was running smoothly.
The weather was actually very pleasant and great for a motorbike ride around Kampot town and Kep. A trip to these towns wouldn’t be complete without a meal at our favourite Espresso Cafe and Kim Ly’s restaurant.
This is one of our favourite spots in Kampot – the promenade at the riverside. We chanced upon these floating in the water:
Kampot riverside view.
In the background you can see the outline of Phnom Bokor (Bokor Mountain) and the new bridge in the middle-ground. In the foreground are “floats” in the shape of rumdul, Cambodia’s national flower.
Our World Tuesday: Statue
Just a random photo I took while visiting a local wat (Buddhist temple) in one of our weekend rides outside Phnom Penh.
I don’t know for sure who this man is supposed to represent but he could be representing the many patrons and/or donors of this wat.
Behind the statue of a well-dressed man are images of the Buddha. There were many of them, in different sizes, too.
Monday Mellow Yellows: The day I woke up in the land of Berk
Hello, friends! I’m back online.
Finding a reliable ISP here in Phnom Penh is like a needle in a haystack. That explains the blogging absence, sorry. Oh, and the holidays that came one after another. Two weeks more and another one week holiday, the Water Festival, will be celebrated in the Kingdom.
Anyhoo, my yellow photos were taken the day before Halloween. The kids in my husband’s class were keen on making something spooky but since Halloween is not celebrated in Cambodia, my husband decided to do a make-a-dragon project instead since the class was reading the story of “How to Train Your Dragon”, anyway. And how the kids jumped gleefully at the idea. Here’s some photos that I took:
A two-headed dragon with crab pincher-like tails.
A duck-beaked dragon (top) and a Chinese dragon (bottom).
A stumpy-legged dragon.
A three-headed, four-winged dragon.
The kids are so imaginative and creative, aren’t they? Whatever language lessons and ideas they’ve learned from reading the book gets practiced or used via the making of paper dragons. Plus, they are learning handicrafts and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way.
Monday Mellow Yellows: Gold-dusted ornamental plants
My husband and I were looking for bat-manure for our plants along Phlav Chea Sophara when we passed by rows and rows of this ornamental plants with yellow variegated leaves. From afar, they really look like they’ve been dusted in gold! I don’t know what the name is in English — even the Khmer name is very hard pronounce let alone remember, hahaha. But anyways, I think they are great house plants and gives you a bright and cheery mood.
This beautiful cheery plants can brighten up a house, or a yard!
Our World Tuesday: Rainy
The wet season is upon us once again!
Photo taken at Psah Kdam (Crab Market)
Kep, Cambodia
Skywatch Friday: Dreary
Psah Kdam (Crab Market)
Kep, Cambodia
To be honest, I kinda like this weather. I call it the lazy weather – it’s wet outside and cold (but not as cold as experienced in the West)- and a very good excuse to stay in bed, with a book to read on one hand and warm chocolate beverage on the other to give me warmth. This is the very reason why, when I was younger, my dad coined me another nickname, the snake, lol.
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