1) Riehl, the Cambodian currency, is only as good WITHIN Cambodian borders. Or to a money collector who is missing the Riehl from his collection.
Money exchange can be done by the roadside. We used USD as dollars, and the Riehl as the cents.
Riehl 1000 = .25cents (USD) which is the common exchange point for everyday dealings.
USD 1 = RM3.55 (on 3rd sept 2009)
Cash rich Cambodia?
2) Cambodian chillies are KNN-CB-PKM-#$%^# HOT!!
Hello waterbugs. Can we be friends...?
3) Cambodians are budding entrepreneurs at heart. I honestly have not seen so many children on the streets soliciting for business. "One dollar, lay deeeeee? Only one dollar. You buy one, i give you two..."
Child peddlers within the temple ruins
4) Tong sampah. It's everywhere. And such a lovely design. This was found in the middle of a market place. I wonder though, does this double up as an urn for burning.
Cambodian tong sampah
5) Thingamajig. Somewhat like the candu pipe of olden Malaya days. Apparently a unique souvenir.
6) It rained.
It rained and rained and rained. Only drizzles. For hours. Some days it'd be in the morning, most days in the evenings. Cambodia is known for flooding. Hence, the immense paddy fields outside of town and the ancient civilisation's unique waterways.
From the plane, i thought SH*T. it's MONSOON.
View from plane, area looks flooded but it is not. its just that the irrigation is just like that.
7) Now how can you not want to take home one of these, huh? So many of them here.
8) September in Cambodia
Mary Poppin the Angkors was good fun!
Umbrellas - faithful companions
9) Remnants of once French ruled
Hints of French at few alleyways in the city
10) And all the other insight on Cambodia that had been posted here, here, here, here and here.
Enjoy!
Money exchange can be done by the roadside. We used USD as dollars, and the Riehl as the cents.
Riehl 1000 = .25cents (USD) which is the common exchange point for everyday dealings.
USD 1 = RM3.55 (on 3rd sept 2009)
Cash rich Cambodia?
2) Cambodian chillies are KNN-CB-PKM-#$%^# HOT!!
Hello waterbugs. Can we be friends...?
3) Cambodians are budding entrepreneurs at heart. I honestly have not seen so many children on the streets soliciting for business. "One dollar, lay deeeeee? Only one dollar. You buy one, i give you two..."
Child peddlers within the temple ruins
4) Tong sampah. It's everywhere. And such a lovely design. This was found in the middle of a market place. I wonder though, does this double up as an urn for burning.
Cambodian tong sampah
5) Thingamajig. Somewhat like the candu pipe of olden Malaya days. Apparently a unique souvenir.
6) It rained.
It rained and rained and rained. Only drizzles. For hours. Some days it'd be in the morning, most days in the evenings. Cambodia is known for flooding. Hence, the immense paddy fields outside of town and the ancient civilisation's unique waterways.
From the plane, i thought SH*T. it's MONSOON.
View from plane, area looks flooded but it is not. its just that the irrigation is just like that.
7) Now how can you not want to take home one of these, huh? So many of them here.
8) September in Cambodia
Mary Poppin the Angkors was good fun!
Umbrellas - faithful companions
9) Remnants of once French ruled
Hints of French at few alleyways in the city
10) And all the other insight on Cambodia that had been posted here, here, here, here and here.
Enjoy!
2 comments:
girl, do you know that the nicely designed rubbish bins, are actually recycled tyres which has been turned inside out? talk about recycling n ingenuity.
tyres..? which part of the tong is rubber?? @____@
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