Rural

APAD 226: Hot dog?

Posted by The Insider on Dec 22, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, rural, That's My World, travel | 6 comments

This is one of the signs that tell you that the Cambodian-Vietnamese border is close by. My husband initially thought this shack was selling hotdogs, lol.

I read the Khmer script on top of the Vietnamese writing (I studied how to read and write long ago but can only read simple words, like the ones written on the sign). The Khmer translation for the Vietnamese phrase “hot toc” is “kak sok”, meaning, hair cut.

APAD 225: Overloaded

Posted by The Insider on Dec 21, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, people, rural, sights, That's My World, transportation, travel | 1 comment

How much can a truck hold?

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APAD 157: The serene Stung Sen

Posted by The Insider on Sep 13, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, boats, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Kampong Thom, Our World Tuesday, people, rural, sights, transportation, travel | 8 comments

This is Stung (river) Sen in Kampong Thom province. It is an important part of the people living along it. Tonle Sen is a major tributary of the mighty Tonle (river) Sap.

I took this photo very early in the morning at the provincial garden park. The weather was cool and the road quiet. Only afew people were walking about. I caught this motorised boat steadily making its way into the river. A little later, another boat passed by and on the boat were a group of young boys merrily rowing it.

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APAD 156: Yellow creepy, crawly

Posted by The Insider on Sep 12, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, creepy creatures, Mellow Yellow Monday, rural | 2 comments

Here’s a new visitor in my garden:

Hello, there, visitor!

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APAD 137: District government office

Posted by The Insider on Aug 11, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Kep, rural, sights, Signs | 4 comments

Sign reads: Damnak Chang’eur District Office
The smaller sign: Cultural Commission of Khan (district) Damnak Chang’eur

Back in 2006, I arrived in the rural town of Kep town, about 200kms southeast of the capital, to initiate contact with the district and commune officials in Damnak Chang’eur district. It meant visiting the district, commune, and village officials in their respective offices, gathering information and permission needed to establish a rural ICT project.

The building behind the sign became my office as the district governor of Damnak Chang’eur provided two rooms for our project (right side of the photo). It was renovated, furnished with the necessary office furniture and equipments, and was connected to the Internet. It has become the meeting venue for most of our important assemblies and trainings. More rooms were provided for our project which we made into telecentre of sorts open to the residents of Damnak Chang’eur district. It has several computer sets with Internet connection (free access to villagers), with VoIP capability for villagers to contact relatives in Phnom Penh and other parts of the country, and especially those outside. Students were given free computer and Internet trainings on weekends, too.

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