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April 21st 2013
Published: April 26th 2013
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I am eating fish cakes shaped like Angry Birds and deep-fried dumplings with my friend CJ at the night market in Phnom Penh. In an effort to get acquainted with the city, we’re trying to have dinner in a most Khmer way, sitting on a mat. Around us, families and young people are enjoying the evening straight out of work and school. A young woman sings on a stage nearby, her rendition of a Khmer p... Read Full Entry



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Jay Exiomo
JayExiomo
JayExiomo
Although he lived much of his toddler years abroad in the US and spent his early childhood roaming around the Philippines with his parents, Jay didn't really catch the travel bug until much later in 2006, when he was dragged to a microfinance conference in Thailand. He considers it his first true taste of travel, with his childhood already but a vague, distant memory. Something about being in a foreign place stirred his wanderlust, and his feet have constantly itched since. After graduating with a degree in Multimedia Arts, Jay worked as a news writer, then as a high school teacher. Presently,... full info
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Sisowath BoulevardSisowath Boulevard
Sisowath Boulevard
A remork-moto driver waiting for passengers
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Cruise boats docked at the riverbank
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On board one of the boats
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A late afternoon boat ride on the river
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Our boat driver, his wife, and their son
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The Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda seen from the river
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The sun dips into Phnom Penh's skyline
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Accompaniments for the curry noodles
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Curry noodles
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The Throne Hall seen outside the gate early morning
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A building west of the Throne Hall
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Hor Samrith Phimean
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The Throne Hall's side wall
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Monks posing in front of the Throne Hall
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Visitors at the Throne Hall
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A doorway frames part of the pagoda
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A doorway frames the pagoda
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A structure inside the Silver Pagoda compound
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Stupa of King Norodom Suramarit
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Another stupa (?)
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Stupa Kantha Bopha



28th April 2013

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

SOLEMN REMINDER
The mention of the Killing Fields...your pictures. Reminds me of the feelings that are inescapable when in Cambodia...the gentleness and big smiles of the people concealing the massive sadness in all of their families by the systematic genocide by the Khmer Rouge.
28th April 2013

JayExiomo
Jay Exiomo

I agree.
And I think it's what makes Cambodians all the more admirable.

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