All Things Khmer

>Wordless Wednesday 010: Provincial buses

Posted by The Insider on Mar 17, 2010 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, Phnom Penh, sights, transportation, Wordless Wednesday | 0 comments

>Wordless Wednesday 009: Rainy PP

Posted by The Insider on Jan 20, 2010 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Phnom Penh, sights, Wordless Wednesday | 5 comments

This is how it is today in Phnom Penh, which is unusual. Rain doesn’t come till May.
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>Wordless Wednesday 008: A stupa rises from nowhere

Posted by The Insider on Dec 15, 2009 in All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, rural, sights, Wordless Wednesday | 3 comments

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>Mellow Yellow Monday 006: Golden hour

Posted by The Insider on Dec 14, 2009 in All things Khmer, Cambodia, Mellow Yellow Monday, sights, sunsets | 15 comments

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Sun-worshippers, coastal town of Kep
Golden hour… when the sun is dying against the dark…
The most bewitching hour.

>Mellow Yellow 005: French colonial buildings

Posted by The Insider on Nov 30, 2009 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, buildings, downtown, Mellow Yellow Monday, sights | 7 comments

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.