APAD 210: Souvenir paintings
Bring home a piece of Cambodia …
The markets in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap offer you a wide array of selections, from silk items to silver and gold jewelry, to souvenir shirts and, below, paintings depicting anything and everything Khmer.
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APAD 209: Orchids in the city
Beautiful orchids, aren’t they?
They adorn the garden of the newly-opened spa in the same street where my little bro lives.
If I’m not mistaken, there was another business establishment in the same spot where the spa is now. I don’t remember it now but it might be a restaurant. Business in the city come and go. For every shop, restaurant, or spa that shuts down, a new one opens and takes its place. Just like that; a cycle of sorts.
APAD 206: Psah Touch (small market)
This is where I buy our stocks. It is a relatively small market with dry and wet sections. It does get really busy especially in the mornings when, perhaps, half of the population in our commune, prefer to shop.
It’s a bit dark and dingy but I enjoy the incredible sights, sounds, and smells that I encounter every time I come here. I love going to markets and that’s one thing I make sure I do whenever I’m in another country. If you want to see the culture and meet the locals, this is one of the places to visit!
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APAD 204: Send in the clown!
For some reason, I don’t like clowns. I am afraid of them, I kid you not, especially in the “OMG, this crazy clown is going to kill me” kind of sense.I don’t even know how or when this started. Maybe this is due to the many popular horror movies I watched when I was younger – much more these days – where clowns are portrayed as scary, evil characters.
However, this one looked friendly enough and least scary, unlike those clowns I see in movies with ghastly make ups and exaggerated features that usually terrify me:
I met him during one of the Fun Fairs organised by a non-government NGO based in Phnom Penh. I don’t know his name but he was on stilts. Although he was smiling and trying to be pleasant, small kids were terrified of him…
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APAD 203: Good morning, moon!
This has got to be one of my favourite photos. I took this using my old but ever-dependable point-and-shoot digital camera. Sometimes I am surprised at the pictures that come out of it. Like this; especially this.
I was walking my dog quietly when the sound of the plane jolted me back to my senses. I looked up the sky and was pleasantly surprised to see the moon very visible over the cloudless, blue Phnom Penh sky. It was already past 8am. I hurriedly went back to the house to get my other dog to walk and my camera vowing not to let this moment pass without a photo-memento.
There it was – the moon – what a beautiful sight! I set my digicam to a 2MB file size. There was an electric wire that got included but I cropped it so that I get this money-shot, lol. If not for my dog who was tugging the leash, I could’ve taken more. But this one is perfectly fine that I chose to post for this week’s SkyWatch.
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