When in doubt I just get a burger. From an American owned place. Interesting story. The owner lived not far from us in the sf bay area. He worked at Comcast in IT operations. I was across the bay in the silly icon valley he lived in Milpitas and we were in Union City California. Long ago and another story.
No Khmer food tonight. My wife makes restaurants obsolete. Such good stuff she cooks. Honestly rarely eat Cambodian food at home. This was super good. Bbq chicken on Khmer wood grill, potatoes and broccoli no leftovers.
New place to eat. Simply love this city. Siem reap and food. Today found delicious shakes and hot dogs. Life's good. Akun!
Burger. Nice place owned by American. Don't come here often any more. Decided to remedy that today. Big boy burger. Right down town in Siem Reap. Food is so good here.
La présence accrue des singes à Angkor inquiète les autorités
Aan alle Nederlanders die ook naar Wie is de Mol? kijken: ik was afgelopen April ook in Siem Reap, en was natuurlijk ook diep onder de indruk van Angkor Wat.
Wat ook indruk maakte: het Apopo Visitor's center. Cambodia ligt vol met onontplofte bommen en mijnen, die nog elke week slachtoffers maken. Cambodia is dan ook een van de landen met het hoogste percentage mensen die één of meerdere ledematen missen.
APOPO traint ratten ("Hero Rats") om onontplofte explosieven te detecteren. Mensen en honden zijn te zwaar, maar ratten zijn licht genoeg om de explosieven niet te activeren bij het speuren.
De ratten werken max 6 dagen per week en max 90 minuten per dag, in de ochtend, als het nog relatief koel is.
Toen ik daar was, was APOPO al zo'n 20 jaar in Cambodja actief. Ik vroeg hoeveel explosieven ze in die tijd onschadelijk hadden gemaakt: zo'n 90 000 (als ik het me goed herinner). Toen vroeg ik hoeveel er naar schatting nog opgeruimd moeten worden? Nog zo'n 2 miljoen(!)
Ze kunnen dus nog wel wat hulp gebruiken. Ik heb gedoneerd.
Op deze website lees je meer over het project:
https://apopo.org/what-we-do/detecting-landmines-and-explosives/where-we-work/apopo-in-cambodia
Je kunt op die website ook een donatie maken.
#today is a day starting out at Family Cafe. A coffee house with a social mission. Some if each coffee go to feed Khmer kids that otherwise would suffer. Cambodia is a developing country. It's not done yet. So I come here and leave a tip too. The people are very nice. Kids smile and always say hello in English. Sitting outdoors on a cool morning is very nice.
The morning ensues #today. I go walk. Stop at LaLatte for coffee. Music just goes. I share a table for awhile with young Khmer student. She wishes me to have a nice day in English. I tell her thanks in Khmer. And now the table is mine. My wife at home plotting dinner and going shopping.
Back to some regular times. Made changes to writing again. Went back to bear. I can't afford Dropbox. My wife bought me new shoes. Yeah I'm spoiled. #today I excel. St doing nothing. Well almost. I am having some coffee at a favored spot. The barista tells me always hello in Khmer and English. The iced Americano flows. I sit and write. Have a good day. Do nothing. You deserve.
When the coffee reaches 50% done. I start considering where I wanna walk. Not that I end up where I think. #today it seems I have even less of an idea. So I look at photos. Some old. Some different. See what you think.
First one is from a recent trip to Angkor Wat after I got my free pass to enter. The free pass is available to barang that live here two years and can show retirement visas. Khmer people get in for free. The pass is not good at all temples. When we visited Preah Vihear I had to pay $15 for a day visit. Worth it to see Koh Ker temple.
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#today back to LaLatte coffee. Always warmly greeted by owner. Rock music goes often here. Very eclectic mix of music and changing furniture. One thing does not change is the wonderful coffee and service.
These places make life so nice. Work is so much like play. Well not work. I just spend my days wanting the simplest existence possible. My wife helps. Weather is particularly nice for the morning walk.
I have so many favorite coffee places here. Today it looks like this.
Out walking today. Flowers on a truck. This guy drives all around neighborhoods and businesses selling the flowers. Seen a similar one close to our house. My wife loves this stuff here. Very different buying here. When I lived in Hanoi the morning always started with the lady selling mangos on her bicycle. I bought some once and after she would stop by our apartment and I could hear her saying hello in vietnamese. Fun times. Nice flowers. Good mangos too.
Cambodian bbq tonight. Really nice food. All kinds of seafood, rice, veggies for 6 people. $25. Nice.
Good morning from Siem Reap river. #today we get ready to go to Phnom Penh tomorrow. Beautiful days these days. Will go see acquaintance for coffee. It's our every 3 months me listen to him talk festival. First enjoying the quiet and river. Don't claim to be much of a talker. Or listener. I just fake it 
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#today I had to leave the house for reasons. So I wandered on down to downtown Siem Reap. Along the river are street food stalls. I know a few of them. Today I had beef with brocolli and steamed rice with a 7up. It cost me $3. I could have gotten the fried rice with chicken but I did not want more rice. That would have been $1.50. Red Plastic table and chair ambiance no extra price :-)
Down the street. With blue skies. I just go. Shopping is fun but I am no good at it. So I look in windows. Now I just walk. Left and right. No matter. Restless yet serene. Isn't that life. Feels like it today. Stop one more time. At the wonderful Noi Cafe. A place to sit and write and drink iced Americano in their comfy chairs. Puzzle the eternal puzzle. Find words for some journal. Feel the cross between anguish and fulfillment. Life is strange. It's what we got. So I just live it.
