@Laura: Yes, I thought the car logo thing very humorous. I suppose most cultures have ways of showcasing their status but this was undisguised, the most obvious I’ve seen yet.

@Tim: ha ha… It’s too bad you didn’t get a snap of it. No honking from the cars or irritation? Those moments are like golden nuggets. I once took a snap of an Indian man setting up lights for a festival in India and he was on a high ladder mounted on a wheeled cart that another man was pushing through the city. I love seeing a country’s resourcefulness and that’s what your experience sounds like.

@Natty: Thanks. The coal seller is my favorite too.

I just thought it was peculiar cause none of them were running away or making noise. All of them were alive (even those wild chickens or hens?) and just sitting sedately. I guess they must’ve had their feet tied to keep them there. They were all quiet.

I find it kinda funny the way they show off their cars with the logos!

A 4 lane highway in downtown PP with tuk tuks, cars, bikes, buses etc going down it. There’s two guys laying a new overhead cable. In most western countries they would either dig up the ground, or divert the traffic lanes to achieve this and it would take a crew of workers – but not in Cambodia.

All they had was a big reel of power cable being pushed in front of oncoming traffic, and behind it, a guy with a big stick to hold the cable above so that vehicles could drive under it. The whole process took about 30 seconds.