Monday Mellow Yellows: Cheap
Fresh and cheap fruits and veggies abound at local markets around Cambodia.
Skywatch Friday: Cloudless
A boat cruises along the coast of Kep in southern Cambodia. The islet in the background (right side of the photo) is very visible on this good weather and it, according to locals, belongs to Vietnam.
Signs, signs: Looking for a locksmith?
I have this thing, a fascination, for traditional handmade signs in Cambodia. So naturally, I had to take a photo of this roadside sign while on a road trip with my husband.
A locally-(hand)made sign. Signs like this are common in rural Cambodia. The can on top of the sign is an incense stick-holder.
Look at the intricately painted Khmer script. It’s For non-Khmer speakers, don’t fret. There’s a drawing (of a key) enough for us to imagine what the sign is all about.
Handmade Cambodian signs are unique but, sadly, they are slowly disappearing now that big advertising firms churning “modern” images have mushroomed in the country 🙁
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.
Hello, 2016!
Well, the new year is here and hopefully I’d be more successful in posting regularly 🙂
I can’t believe that we are about to end the first month of the year. Whew, time just flew by. So how is everybody? Did you all have a great holiday celebration? Did you get lots of pressies? I know you did 😉
One of my expat-friends here got himself peavey classic 30 (or something similar) for Christmas, something that he’s been longing for a long time. He’s into music production (he’s got gigs with his group and they do a lot of recordings), and boy, this lad couldn’t be more thrilled when his wife surprised him. So we expect more noise, errr, music, I mean, from him in the coming days.
A simple Christmas celebration
It’s the day before Christmas and, just like what we did last year, we will be offline for a few days to celebrate the holidays quietly.
We didn’t put up the Christmas tree, we didn’t make any lists or shop for presents, and we won’t be preparing special treats. Instead, we are going for a simpler, more enjoyable holidays. For the past three years we have avoided the holiday fuss, the mad rush, and the crazy mass-commercialism the holiday season bring, and we intend to do so in the coming years.
Somewhere, someone is wishing for the latest gadget, a luxury-brand bag, or that awesome scott ian music accessory. My husband and I wish to celebrate simply and without much fuss, like enjoying Christmas dinner that we prepared ourselves and have a movie-marathon. Not bad, eh?
Anyways, I wish you all a very merry Christmas. May the new year 2016 be better, brighter and kinder to us and the whole world.
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