Cashew fruit in Ratanakiri, Cambodia. The fruit tastes pretty astringent. I remember liking it and eating it often as a kid, but now that my tast buds have developed, I’m not a big fan. The actual cashew is that seed that’s hanging down below the fruit. In a way, cashews have transformed the lives of […]
I thought this looked like something out of Apocalypse Now. Or maybe a live action version of The Jungle Book. Ta Prohm at Angkor. A word of advice to the intrepid Angkor explorer; skip the “sunset at Angkor Wat” experience that everyone recommends. It’s way overrated. You’ll be experiencing a quiet, serene sunrise with approximately […]
I’ve done something similar to this before, a couple of times (this one from a very long time ago, before the days of DSLR’s; i shot this with a Canon IXY Digital point-and-shoot). These guys just never ceases to amaze me—with their work ethic, their packing ability, their capitalistic business acumen. And they must have […]
s This is what you do if you blow an engine in the middle of nowhere. I asked the owner if he had ever taken an engine apart before. “No, I’m learning by doing.” (loose translation) Pretty sure I’d call AAA. Cambodians are the ultimate in resource and creativity. Please feel free to share my […]
I’ve been uploading a lot of photos of the Sesan River recently, for no reason other than my job has taken me up there quite a bit. The Se San is way up in the Northeast Corner of Ratanakiri, near the Virachey National Park and the Dragon’s Tail (that’s what the remote upper Northeast corner […]
Two Buddhist monks riding a boat in Vensai, Ratanakiri. I’d never seen this before; I didn’t know that monks were allow to drive anything. But then, I guess a boat doesn’t require much actual work to pilot. Who knew! I’d imagine that boat has loads of good karma…. Please feel free to share my images—they […]
It’s been over a week since I posted last (so much for being a daily photoblog). So our DSL internet kept having problems; it would load all websites except WordPress, Twitter, Soundcloud, and a few others. There was some problem with the DNS servers, for you brainy people who know about such things. I finally […]
Bowls for harvesting latex sap out of rubber trees in Ratanakiri, Cambodia. Rubber is pretty lucrative, especially for a small-time farmer. Even half a Hectare of young rubber trees can give the owner hundreds of dollars a year—not bad for a farmer in Cambodia. They take a knife and cut a 3-inch slit in the […]
