That’s My World

APAD 145: Alluring Apsaras

Posted by The Insider on Aug 23, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, ancient temples, Angkor Wat, Apsaras and Devatas, Cambodia, Cambodia life, sights, That's My World | 0 comments

These are some of the better  preserved carvings inside Angkor Wat.

APAD 139: Hello there, bug-sitor!

Posted by The Insider on Aug 16, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, creepy creatures, Phnom Penh, sights, That's My World | 5 comments

Shiny, metallic blue-green… What kind of bug are you?

APAD 135: The lone palm tree

Posted by The Insider on Aug 9, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, rural, sights, That's My World | 0 comments

The versatile palm tree of Cambodia. Like the lowly lotus plant, almost all parts of the palm tree are used in variety of ways.

APAD 130: Field of lotus flowers

Posted by The Insider on Aug 2, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, food, rural, sights, That's My World | 5 comments

Spending our weekend with the children from Aziza’s Place away from the city last Saturday was a welcome respite from the hustle-bustle of city life. Only an hour away from the capital of Phnom Penh, the sight of this fantastic field of greens dotted with white and varying shades of pink was very appealing and relaxing to my city-eyes.

Lotus is one of my favourite flowers and this wide expanse of gently waving lotus plants in the pond fascinate me. They grow wild all over Cambodia. While a lotus flower in full-bloom is stunningly beautiful, almost all parts of the plant are used in cooking.

Here’s a close-up of a lotus flower:

The yellow head in the centre becomes the seed pod when the petals have dried and fallen off. The seeds when it is fully green is harvested by Cambodians and are sold in the market. These seeds are eaten and tastes, surprisingly, like peanuts. Here’s my previous post about the lotus seeds.

APAD 125: Monivong Boulevard

Posted by The Insider on Jul 26, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, downtown, sights, That's My World, transportation | 2 comments

This is Phnom Penh’s Monivong Boulevard. Picture taken a little after 12noon.
Monivong Boulevard is one of the main thoroughfares and crosses the city from north to south, beginning from the Japanese Bridge where the knotted gun monument is located and ending in Monivong Bridge.

Named after the King Monivong of Cambodia, Monivong Boulevard is also known as Street 93 to old-timers. Since this picture was taken a little after lunchtime there was visibly less traffic. Typically, Monivong is a busy street teeming with lots of photo-perfect sights for those who have the eye and quick impulse to grab a camera and shoot.

APAD 119: Pink temple

Posted by The Insider on Jul 12, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Kep, sights, That's My World | 6 comments