APAD 227: Full-moon Valentine’s
Celebrating Valentine’s Day in this lovely, wooden traditional Khmer house. It is stilted, as most Khmer houses in the countryside are, but the ground floor was walled in. It is old and basic but has a lot of character that my husband and I feel is a nice home.
Attempting to capture the beauty of the full moon on Valentine’s night.
We just moved in last month and we are really loving the place. It has a nice yard teeming with fruit trees – mangoes in various varieties that are now bearing fruits this season, bananas, jackfruits, longgan and a slew of fragrant Cambodian herbs. The yard also provides a nice playground for our two dogs.
At night, when the moon is full like last Friday, the front wall of the house provided a backdrop for a shadow play of sorts. There was a light breeze and the moonlight was lovely. As the gentle breeze blew, the branches of the trees swayed gracefully and, as you can see, they cast a lace-like pattern on the wall. And look, there’s our Joe sitting contentedly, watching me take this picture.
When you only have a point-and-shoot camera, it is quite challenging to capture night shots. However, I’m happy about this one.
APAD 074: Night lights
It’s the peak of the tourist season here in Cambodia and one can see signs of them everywhere. I ventured out three weeks ago to meet up with my newly-wed brother and his blushing wife at the Bopha-Titanic restaurant on the banks of the river. As expected, the place was packed with foreign and local tourists but we were able to find a table right by the deck/terrace overlooking this fantastic view:
These are some of the boats that dock in Phnom Penh for the night. They carry passengers to and from Siem Reap.
I can understand why this restaurant is teeming with diners especially at night. From where we were, we enjoyed this sweeping riverside view and the food was fantastic. Well, almost. Our pleasant experience that night was ruined by the food server’s nasty attitude when we told him he gave us the wrong food.
APAD 068: Ferrari?
Yours?
It’s red-hot alright but looks a lot like my younger brother’s matchbox.
It’s a strange little thing, obviously another rip off.
This car is definitely an attention-getter! Now I want to hear its mighty roar, hahahaha.
APAD 026: Offerings for the King-Father
Flowers, candles, and prayers for the King-Father. Cambodians light candles and incense sticks and offer prayers and flowers outside of the Royal Palace.
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