APAD 107: Life in the countryside
Just sharing another picture of rural Cambodia. I took this during one of our previous road trips last month.
On the way to Phnom Oudong (background), an old man and his cow.
Turning into this dusty road on the way to Phnom Oudong, we drove slowly following this old man, walking barefeet. My husband was driving slowly, carefully, so as not to stir the red, sticky dust and envelope the old man it. With the stifling heat at that time, I was amazed at how he went about his chore. When we passed him by, I rolled the window down and politely said, “chum riep soo, lok ta.” Hello, grandpa. My husband chimed in, in perfect timing.
Lok ta turned his head to us and smiled, broadly revealing a toothless mouth. From what I saw, lok ta looked genuinely surprised and pleased at a barang‘s (foreigner’s) greeting in his own language. “Baa, okun”. Thank you, he replied. I asked him where he was going. He’s taking his wayward cow back to the herd a hundred metres away. And he went on his merry way.
I know this is just a random encounter but I wonder what was he thinking afterwards. Would he remember the day these two foreigners (us) stopped by and talked to him? What did he think about us? For sure, I’ll remember him and his toothless grin. I pray that he be healthy to be able to do his chores and that he be safe in doing so.
APAD 242: Barefoot
The weather today is perfect for a game of volleyball. In Cambodia, football (soccer) and volleyball are the most popular spectator and participant sports. They are played everywhere.
There are plenty of potentials out there from the rural villages. Like the above photo, it is very common to see men playing volleyball, with bare feet, in a dusty yard.
Cambodia takes pride in its Cambodian National Volleyball League (Disabled), or CNVLD, currently the ranked number two in the world. This year, CNVLD aims to reach the top spot. If I am not mistaken, the current world number one is Germany.
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