Cambodia

APAD 265: Sky-high

Posted by The Insider on Feb 27, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, Signs, That's My World | 2 comments

Current prices of gasoline and diesel in Phnom Penh.

Currency exchange rate: US$1 = KhR4,000 (Khmer riels)

APAD 264: My dog and I

Posted by The Insider on Feb 24, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, faces, sights | 5 comments

Sky-watching from another “perspective”.

That’s my dog, Joe, and I.

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APAD 261: A Buddhist stupa

Posted by The Insider on Feb 21, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 2 comments

This Buddhist stupa stands in front of the Phnom Penh Railways station. A stupa is a Buddhist monument that is usually used to house sacred Buddhist relics.

It was built in 1956, just after Cambodia’s independence. I forgot the name of the stupa but I’ll ask my Khmer friends again and update this post.

APAD 257: Meak Bochea

Posted by The Insider on Feb 14, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Our World Tuesday, Signs, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

One week ago today, Cambodia celebrated the Buddhist holy day called Meak Bochea. This is a little known Buddhist holiday, but for the devout Buddhists, it is a key holiday in the Buddhist calendar.

Falling approximately three months before the widely celebrated Visaka Bochea, informally known as Buddha’s Birthday, Meak Bochea commemorates they day that the spiritual leader Gautam Buddha announced his future; the death and accompanying nirvana into which he would enter. (Source)

Meak Bochea is a public holiday in Cambodia and all government offices and even schools are closed to allow people to go to their wats (temples) and offer food to the monks and pray.

APAD 255: Sentry

Posted by The Insider on Feb 10, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, sights, That's My World, travel | 3 comments

A  stone statue of the mythical solar lion is silhouetted against the sky at dusk. Photo taken at the Angkor Wat complex in Siem Reap province,  Cambodia.

There are no lions in Southeast Asia but in Cambodia and Thailand, the mythical solar lion is a common fixture. In Cambodia they are found in Khmer temples and monuments, usually at the entrance gates. They stand guard together with the lunar mythical animal, the seven-headed nagas or serpents.

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APAD 254: Danger. Mines.

Posted by The Insider on Feb 9, 2012 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 8 comments

This big sign greets commuters along (north of) Monivong Boulevard reminding everyone that up to this day, land mines are still threatening the lives of many Cambodians.

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