APAD 081: The sugar palm trees of Cambodia
The Sugar Palm tree (borassus flabellifer), or the Asian Palmyra palm, is one of Cambodia’s national icons. These trees are not hard to miss (from afar they look like cute pompom heads on a stick) as they are found all throughout Cambodia, especially in the countryside.
Just like the Philippines’ very own coconut tree, the sugar palm tree plays a very important role in providing a source of food, income, and not to mention as a source of building materials, to Cambodians.
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APAD 079: Homesick Max
Don’t worry, Max. You’ll get used to our new house soon enough.
Max is missing our old house in BKK district. Photo taken just a few days after we moved to our current apartment.
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APAD 076: Budget vegetarian meal
Whoever thought of this is brilliant. This is a monster hit not only for the locals but also for expats. For only 3000riels (US $1=4000riels), you have three vegetarian viands of your choice and rice. It comes with bottomless hot tea as well. Not bad.
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APAD 074: Your neighbourhood tire collector
Door-to-door delivery service. Only in Cambodia. You can barely see the driver. I just hope and pray that he goes around safe each day.
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APAD 073: Crafting in Cambodia
These are just some of the items my PELUKA friends and I have made and put up for sale on occasions here in Phnom Penh. We are proud of our products – beaded jewelries and crocheted stuffs – all lovingly handmade.
APAD 072: Prelude to a balmy evening
The fishing boat (foreground), the population 01 island (middle, I nicknamed it myself *proud*), the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc (background), the showy clouds, and the waves of the Gulf of Thailand, as viewed from the coast of Kep. Imagine what I’ve been missing for a long time!
This picture taken in one of our previous trips there. I can still remember the salty smell of the breeze as my husband and I waited for our dinner to be served. We watched the most spectacular sunset – arguably the best sunset in all of Cambodia, if I may say so – while feasting on Kep’s fresh seafood. It was a beautiful, balmy night. In the company of a shy moon, a squad of fireflies, and an orchestra of crickets and other nocturnal insects, my husband and I walked back to our hotel, hand in hand.
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