14th April -Out in the country This week marks the arrival of the Khmair New Year. It appears to be a 3 day event out here as opposed to the standard 1 day elsewhere in the world. The streets of Phnom Penh right now are very sparsely populated as it would appear that the city and his mate have migrated to the various provinces to do it Khmair Style in the countryside Originally we should have been there ourselves now, but an alteration in work schedules made th...

7th April 2010 - The Wedding Almost anytime you take a Tuk Tuk journey around the streets of Phnom Penh you will pass a temporary construction at some point or other, usually with music blaring out. This normally signifies a wedding. Occasionally, the street is largely blocked, leaving a stream of traffic either way competing for right of passage. Needless to say on such occassions, in the heat of day, frustration abounds. The wedding industry however must c...