Sunday is a busy day on the Riverside in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. People walking, exercising, catching up with family, praying or just generally taking in the scene of the river. A great place to spend an afternoon.
Sunday, 28 February 2010
On the RIVERSIDE.
Spent a few hours whiling away some time on the Riverside in Phnom Penh as I often do on a Sunday, its such a bustling place with people walking and playing and praying a the small shrine. Boy it was hot this evening though, must have been 36'C out in the sun which is uncomfortably hot for this time of year. Got a few good images though.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Trip along Highway 3, Cambodia
Thursday, 25 February 2010
KAMPOT PROVINCE - Cambodia
What a great place to explore, so much to see and explore. My trip was to short and I will need to return again as soon as is possible.Kampot town is old and delapidated and much of it is pre WW2 French Artchitechture that has seen better days but it is certainly a photographers dream.
It is a slow sedately pace in comparison to Phnom Penh's bustle and hustle. Kampot is on a river estuary and much of it livelyhood is based around fishing.
There is much to see, and I saw so little, outside of the town. Rural life continues I expect much as it has for millenia.
Just back from Kampot
Got some good pictures on the road back as the overcaste conditions of the last few days disappeared.
Saturday, 20 February 2010
KAMPOT PROVINCE - Cambodia
KAMPOT |
Is a small town on the Tuk Chhou River, 5km inland from the sea. Fishing and farming are the main activities; durians and melons grow in abundance. To the south end of town is a large dusty traffic circle with three hotels arrayed around it – Phnom Kieu, Phnom Kamchay, and Tuk Chhou. Each has its own restaurants; Tuk Chhou offers a seedy nightclub. Also on the circle is Prachummith Restaurant, close by is Amar Restaurant. To the south near the river is the GPO and telecommunications building. At the north end of town, about 1.5 km away, is the Central Market, with foodstalls. All Kampot transportation is concentrated within range of the market-cycle, motors, taxis, trucks, and buses. The railway station lies farther north. |
There’s zero of interest in Kampot except to walk around town and look at crumbling French-built blue-shuttered shop fronts. Previously Kampot was a stepping-stone to Bokor and Kep. You can reach Kampot by irregular plane service from Phnom Penh. It’s not advisable to get there by car. It takes about 5 hours to cover the 150 km from Phnom Penh to Kampot. From Sihanoukville it’s 105 km to Kampot by a jumping and dirt road. The train from Phnom Penh to Kampot takes seven hours. It used to be a frequent target of the Khmer Rouge - in a 1994 ambush, three foreigners were captured by them. |
2 nights in Kampot
Just booked a guest house for 2 nights in Kampot, Hang Guest House looks quite nice and all the reports by previous guest are good. Looks a good place to explore from.
Trip to Kampot
I am planning a trip to Kampot next week.
The city is a quiet riverside town just a few kilometers from the Gulf of Thailand. The town of Kep is also nearby. Before the war, Kampot was best known for its famous pepper, which is still widely available in Cambodia.
The city is a quiet riverside town just a few kilometers from the Gulf of Thailand. The town of Kep is also nearby. Before the war, Kampot was best known for its famous pepper, which is still widely available in Cambodia.
Friday, 19 February 2010
Canon 70-200 f2.8L
Just picked up this beast. Tools of the trade or thats my excuse. $1300 US in Cambodia...
Thursday, 18 February 2010
UK Gov nationalises orphans and bans non-consensual photography in public | Copyright Action
UK Gov nationalises orphans and bans non-consensual photography in public | Copyright Action
What a bunch of absolute BULLSHIT... keep your IPTC up to date folks.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Well todays another day.
Oh man have I been sick, the old name for it is DELHI BELLY, started a course of antibiotics which appear to be helping but makes you weak like a kitten.
No pool for me tonight. I must be getting old or something.
Monday, 15 February 2010
The Smokey Mountain
The King is Dead, Long Live the King. The Phnom Penh municiple dump in Stung Meanchey, Cambodia closed in 2009, and many may say thank god. This was an horrific place, where the poorest of the poor, eked a living from sifting the garbage for recyclables like plastic, glass and metals. The dump still exists but has been moved to a new location several kilmetres outside of the city and the people who worked on the old dump have not been allowed to move with it. No scavenging is allowed on the new area.
This is certainly good news, in many ways, but what happens to those people who worked as scavengers and now have no resources or skills to fall back on, is their life made better ? Where do they turn ? I am sure NGO’s such as The People Improvement Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund, For the Smile of Child,Pour un Sourire d’Enfant, will do what they can to help, but I doubt there is any central support planned. It is my intention that this be an introduction to a series of follow up articles where I will endevour to find out what has become of the scavengers and how they are surviving without access to the dump.
Many, I understand, still live around the old dump area in Stung Meanchey. Have their lives improved or are they living even more desperate and impoverished existence ? Have those who came from Rural Cambodia returned to their former homes ? These are just some of the questions that I would like to find answers too, but, I am sure many more unanswered question will be raised during the course of my research.Not all good
A little sad today after splitting with my long term girlfriend after a disagreement that we could not resolve. I wish her the best and hope we can still remain friends, but who knows. Think I may piss off to Siem Reap for a week or so to get my head together.
Sunday, 14 February 2010
New Year Celebrations
It was very hot and clammy but everyone was enjoying the day, kids setting off fireworks, women playing cards, men drinking whisky.
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Good Food Good Company
Friday, 12 February 2010
New Year
Viet New Year
Well its that time of year again, they have lots of New Year celebrations in Cambodia. Will be going to eat with relatives this afternoon so that should be good, food is always good when Khmers celebrate. Time to play cards and drink beer.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Another Day
Well it looks set to be another, yes another perfect day in paradise. Probably going to try and get out a take some pics for iStock today, not decided just where but I'm sure something will come to me.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Planning a BOOK
I am currently working on pictures for a book about the motodop drivers of Phnom Penh. Think I'm going to do it in BW as the images look a lot stronger and its gives the feel of the hard work these guys do,
Motodop Driver
Posing for the camera. I am currently working on a series of picture of the men that work the taxis in Phnom Penh.
Kids and danger
don't they just go hand in glove. This little fella is 20ft above the river. They have no sense of danger, I suppose we were all like that at that age until we fell on our heads...
A Khmer Nun
I spotted this old special lady sitting taking in the atmospher on the riverside in Phnom Penh. She has such an inate beauty the shine from within. I hope my picture does her justice.
Living on the River
Whole families live and work on the Mekong River just outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They are mainly Vietnamese fishing people but there are some Khmer.
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
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