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APAD 191: Shrimps galore

Posted by The Insider on Nov 2, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, food, transportation, travel, work | 5 comments

These shrimps are caught in the waters just off Sihanoukville, Kampot, and Kep. Aside from selling them fresh, they are also sold as dried, or,  preserved in salt and spices and bottled. The dried and preserved ones are usually used to season or add zing to Khmer food.

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APAD 190: A Khmer traditional house

Posted by The Insider on Nov 1, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, That's My World, travel, work | 2 comments

This is how a typical rural Khmer house looks like. It is made of wood and palm fronds.

This type of Khmer house is found all over the countryside. They are all on stilts and up above the ground, as you can see in the picture. This is to avoid flood-waters. On dry, summer season, the lower part of the house is used as a kitchen, a storage area for their things and a rest area at daytime. In the evenings, it is also used to shelter the family’s farm animals.

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APAd 188: Day is done…

Posted by The Insider on Oct 28, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, transportation, travel | 6 comments

Gone the sun…

… from the sky…

From afar, drawing near
Falls the night.

– Excerpts from the Taps

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APAD 187: Bible-on-wheels

Posted by The Insider on Oct 27, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, Signs, That's My World, transportation, travel, What's On in Cambodia | 2 comments

Holy… car! Oops, sorry, I don’t have a clever title or comment for this entry; can’t think of any.

Spotted this vehicle parked along Sihanouk Boulevard last Saturday.

Errmm, no further comment here but you are very much welcome to do so.

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APAD 185: Live chickens

Posted by The Insider on Oct 25, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, people, That's My World, transportation, travel, work | 3 comments

Chicken, anyone?

These men drive around the village to find chickens that are sold by the villagers. They are sort of middlemen on wheels; they  catch them with their own bare hands – if they can catch them because these chickens will put up a fight – bind their feet, and tie them upside down with other chickens at the side of the moto. It looks cruel but that’s the way it goes here…  These middlemen  in turn, sell these chickens in bigger markets, of course, with a bit of a profit.

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APAD 183: A nice day

Posted by The Insider on Oct 21, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Expat Life, That's My World, transportation, travel | 4 comments

Perfect time to go hit the road, isn’t it? Rural Cambodia is very charming and you’ll never know what surprises await you. Here you see a man on his motorbike and strapped behind him is this big bamboo basket with two squealing pig in it. The man probably collected these pigs from the village to be sold at the market.

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