Sunday, October 19, 2008

2008-10-18 - Scenes from the Balcony II

Saturday morning started out on the balcony again, with some more regular fixtures making an appearance.

First up we have more tuktuk colours – black, green and the elusive silver tuktuk. The green one belongs to the guy that used to berate me for “walking, always walking”, but he’s given up on that now. He does try to sell me the Cambodia Daily (good local newspaper, in handy A4 format), but I try to buy it from the kid instead – see below.





After that is some more street vendors – first is another variant on subway man, with 2 monks walking past. Then we have the mobile noodle cart – at the front of the cart (left rear in picture) is a large flat pan, with the vendor cooking up some noodles and vegies – takes 2 minutes max. The guy grinning for the camera is the customer.



After that is a lady selling a traditional food whose name I have no chance of remembering. They are bamboo segments, which are stuffed with sticky rice and black beans, with a leaf jammed in on top to seal it up. The legend is that a boy and girl were in love, but their families disapproved, so they absconded into the countryside. As they had nothing to cook with, they had to use natural materials to cook and carry their food, hence the rice in the bamboo.

After that is a better shot of the original subway man – his cart has cucumbers and pain (bread, correct spelling I think) on top, then a canned meat and some sliced cucumber on shelf 2, and then more canned meats and cans of sardines on the bottom shelf.


Finally, we have the “daily kid” – he also sells the Cambodia Daily each day. I try to get it from him as he probably needs the money more. Tried asking him how much of a cut he gets, but his English doesn’t go that far.

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