Author: Anna

If you guess aerobics class, you were right! At one point they were even jamming out to a dance version of “Hotel California.” I was really tempted to join in, but alas, I forgot my sneakers at home.

I wonder where these lead to?

I’ve been in and out of “school” settings since college, but learning language takes me right back to grade school. And, some days I feel about as smart as a 2nd grader. I just hope I don’t have to feel like I’m in middle school again.

Found these kiddos by the market. I tried to say “hi” but either my Khmer was atrocious, or they were too shy to respond. Good thing smiling and being cute is universal.

These guys (and gals) are everywhere selling everything from smoothies to squid kabobs to something that tasted like a waffle cone sprinkled with coconut (I have yet to taste the kabobs). Some are the push-cart variety and some are attached to a moto and some have a more permanent location. My favorite is the coffee…

I’d like to share a bit of the other side of Phnom Penh. This is the capitol city with most of the modern day conveniences. Yes, I shop in crowded markets and the best produce is found under an umbrella on the side of the road, but we also have grocery stores and packaged meat…

Today in language class we learned time. Khmer have a word for anywhere from the top of the hour to 15 min past, and the same for 15 till. Khmer have a relationship oriented culture; the person in front of you is more important than being on time. I’m not sure what’s happening here in…

Just a little out of season rain. For the most part it just made the day more humid, but tonight should be nice. I enjoyed watching the ponchos come out and life continue on as usual.

Yes, that’s corn and mayonnaise on my BBQ chicken pizza. We thought we were safe ordering from Donimos. There is a special requests box in the delivery app, but how were we to know to ask them to leave the mayo off? I promise it tasted better than in sounds or looks.

What is a fairly quite street during the day, becomes a lively vegetable market every night from 5:30 pm to 2:00 am. Thankfully the sounds don’t usually carry up to my 5th story windows.