Visitors from the USA (Idea Czar and Multivore) arrived earlier this week, timing it just right for a slew of holidays. (3-day King's Birthday celebration, Buddha's birthday.)
After the hustle and bustle of India they found Cambodia to be a welcome change. We bused on out of a quiet Phnom Penh ...
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Posted in more stuff, signs on Feb 14th, 2008
Happy (Shade of) Valentine's Day everyone!
Photoshopped street signs are supplanting traditional painted ones in Cambodia. But they are no less surreal. (A boutique in central Phnom Penh.)
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Posted in food, music, news, signs, stuff on Feb 9th, 2008
Let's see, is this the place?
Yep. Doughnut shops are a niche market that Cambodians quickly took to upon arrival in the States. And one Khmer-American entrepeneur has brought it full circle, by establishing USA Donuts in Phnom Penh.
Is this where you sign up? Can I get a ballot ...
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Posted in Other Goodies, photography, signs on Jan 1st, 2008
Painted signboards are still in use in Cambodia today, and during the more austere socialist era of the 1980s, they were one of the more effective tools for public media.
Today they are mainly used by nonprofits and the government. (Businesses use more slick photo billboards.) This particular sign bears the ...
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