Postcards from Cambodia

Photos by C.C.

Sunset over Koh Trol, Viewing from Kep.

The brand new campus of Chamroeun University of Poly-Technology at Kampot City. This school has been ridiculed by some as having issued too many useless advanced degrees to unqualified students.

The water channel to Phnom Da archeological site, one of the earliest settlements where the Cambodian Kingdom started to take shape.

A very handsome Cambodian fisherman skillfully navigating his boat through the river leading to Phnom Da.

Tep Thida Phnom Da. This strikingly beautiful girl tour guide was both assertive and intelligent.

A sugarcane juice vendor along National Highway 7.

A very beautiful fruit vendor from Skun, Kampong Cham. Her pineapples are very sweet, not to mention her sweet voice. So, if you happen to travel across Skun, don’t forget to stop by her fruit stall and make some purchases.

An overloaded truck dangerously passing an overloaded motorcycle drawn card on a very narrow road.

Street vendors selling foodstuffs at Neak Loeung’s ferry crossing port.

A police officer stopping traffic on National Highway 4 to let students cross the street. This is the only place I saw such assistance. Most other places, students had to cross the streets at their own risks.

A child beggar waiting for his mother or guardian to get up from a mid day nap. Though I am fully aware that this begging is a family affair, the sad look on the child’s face compelled me to act. I gave $2 to the young lady beggar who hold another child in her arms and asked her to go buy something for the children to eat.

An absurd traffic light signal which should be approached with caution. Take notice of the arrows and remember that those who drive from the opposite direction have the same right of way as it is seen on the CRV turning in from of the Previa van. So, while in Cambodia, don’t assume that you are right even though the instruction indicated that you are right.