Further Cambodian notes

[juliet]

Some bits and pieces I have observed:

* When stopped at a local market/restaurant today (on bus journey), I was offered spiders to eat. Cooked ones. Ewwwwwwww.
* Apparently foreigners on bikes are highly entertaining. Many people say hello as they pass me, and/or giggle.
* They have some truly impressive potholes.
* You can apparently fit up to 4 people on a moped, with bags as well.
* Lots of little shrines etc by the road, in people's gardens/fields, and so on. (Buddhist, I assume, as that's the majority religion - and they look Buddhist.)
* Oh yes: I saw monkeys by Angkor Wat today! (dogrando & marnameow, no, I am not bringing any home, so hush.).
* Lots of hand-cultivation of fields as the bus went through the countryside today. And much of the place is under water at the moment. Houses are all on stilts (well: what looks like the living area, with walls, is on the first floor; underneath is open and looks like it's for animals), and most of them are wood.

Bother, I'm sure there was more stuff, but I am tired and have forgotten.

Comments

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

I would very much like to build a shed on stilts for the allotment - then I could dry out all the bindweed under it and use it for FIRE.

MONKEYS!!1!!one!!1

[juliet]

FIRE!

We dry bindweed out by leaving it lying around on the paths, which is untidy but reasonably successful. Or you can dump it in black bin bags & let it rot down.

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

Been meaning to post this for ages: Your trip totally rocks, and I love reading your write-ups. Especially cheery these days in the small hours when I'm wrangling **TODO on my own.

[juliet]

Hurrah! Glad to hear that you're enjoying it, and certainly glad to be of use with **TODO wrangling.

... hang on, I didn't realise **TODO had arrived! Congratulations to all concerned! Hope all is going well - sounds well-if-busy from brief glance at your LJ :-)