Curiosities

Today I'm bringing you a series of random pics about things that just happened or drew my attention for one reason or another. Enjoy!

Since I never crave chocolate in hot weather, my addiction has been replaced by a healthier choice. I have to buy one of these every day!

Coconut water: delicious and nutritious!

Let me introduce you to Battambang's surprisingly elegant rubbish bins. They usually fill up fast, so trash keeps on piling up on the streets anyway.

A giant cooking pot of a rubbish bin

Some things are the same all over the world. In the remote Cambodian countryside, the girls are reminded that they are just not pretty enough as they are. The national female obsession is a pale skin (actually, it's hard as hell to find skin moisturiser without whitening chemicals).

Khmer women's interest magazine

Battambang is quite easy to navigate. Especially when the streets are so clearly signalled, and even broken down into fractions.

And there is also Street number 2.5

In one of our visits to poor families in the countryside, I was horrified to see this woman's mouth covered in a bloody red substance, as if someone had punched her. Then I learnt that it was just betel. It is customary for old women to chew betel nut just for the crack. They do it non-stop, hence the bloody mouth.

Old lady from the countryside

I've written before about the local alcoholic beverage, but what I didn't know is that it has an evil twin: you will need some spelling skills not to order an "Anchor" instead of an "Angkor". Not sure which one would taste worse...