Siam Reap Street Photography continues...

We continue our shooting on the next morning after some bbq food and of course, cheap 50 cent Angkor beer. We ordered bbq frogs and freshwater prawns. Some fried rice and tit bits. Only USD5 per person.



So, next morning, we walk to another part of Siam Reap, crossing the bridge linking both housing and shops areas. At 7am, the street is filled with motorcycles and bicycles. Some goes to school, some goes to the market, and some goes to work. Typical. And next photo, an old man opening his shop for business.

   

We walk pass through a small roadside market, and there is alot of freshwater fishes ( well, all come from Tonle Sap ). Here in the photo is juveniles Channa micropeltes, or more commonly known as Toman/Giant Snakehead. On the other side of the road, farmers are selling their vegetables ad fruits.

   

Petrol or Gas is commonly sold in a bottle almost anywhere around town. Looking at the numbers of motorbikes on road, it's not surprising to see. Something similar to what i've seen in Hat Yai roads. Liquid gold, isnt it..


The barber seems to have good business the day before, judging at the amount of hair on the floor.. :P


Street food of Cambodia? How about this charcoal baked waffles? If you were to judge it by the waffle maker, i doubt you gonna try it. Layers of carbonized flours and stuff, the seller doesnt seems to clean it often. (but it taste kinda good though.. and smells pretty good!)


Spotted this young girl sitting on the roadside, probably playing around..


During my walk back to the hotel, we pass through another local market in town. You can find a lot of interesting things to buy, cheap but deserves heavy bargaining. For example, i bought 3 key chains for USD 1, and the store next door offers me 4 for USD1. What the? Not a big amount but crazy competition going on there, side by side, everyday thing. I bet there's quarreling sometimes.. As the sun goes higher, more and more activities are spotted in town. Here, you can see one sharpening his knife, getting ready for good business, mainly targeting tourists.


I'm going to end this post with food shots! These were taken at one of the famous Cambodian restaurant called Arun if im not mistaken. Tasty, but not as rich in flavour as what i've expected. Mild. Pretty obvious since there's a lot of western tourist here having lunch. We ordered quite a number of dishes, from banana heart, green pepper, curry, pineapple, amok, prawns, meat and fishes of course.

 

 

So are you hungry now? Haha.. Go have your lunch/dinner now and check back the blog later for more updates. Signing off! Cya!

Siam Reap Street Photography

I'm going to categories the blog post on Siam Reap based on what we did. It is because we went for street shooting for 2-3 days, and Angkor Wat for 3 days too. Compiling all the photos in one single post for one location.

Let's start with street photography in Siam Reap. We went out almost every morning, walk around the city, catching some golden lights of sunrise and some morning activities. It was an interesting experience, and a good chance to practice some street photography. We went to the biggest local market, or some called it central market of Siam Reap. To get there, you need to get a ride on Tut-tut, it cost about USD2 if i'm not mistaken, from Pub Street to Central Market. The weather is kinda crazy hot, so we actually cut short our trip. Anyway, here's what i saw that day..

Lots of baguette greet us at the main entrance of the market

If anyone fancy pickles, you have varieties here! Loads of them..

You can find various clothing materials, linens, silks here.. i bet it's cheap, but i never really ask

Salty fish anyone? or just looking for groceries? They have it all here..

 

This is the back of the market, some sort like a wet market where vegetables, fruits, meat and fishes are sold.

Besides all this, you can buy silver, gold, kitchenware, almost any stuffs you normally see in the supermarket. Even wide range of whiskey! Real or fake, it's for you to find out :) So after the short tour, we went back to the street for another round of shooting.

Bicycles comes in various size, types and even colors! Like these!

  

Saw this young boy sneaking in the door and i was watching outside. It turns out there's puppies in there. Cute cute puppies.. here's one playing with the boy

And this little girl is happily playing on the roadside, playing dirts... pity her but that's what most Cambodian kids grew up. Just like me actually.. growing in a kampung (village)

This is something disgusting.. partially developed embryo of a duck, still in the egg are eaten as delicacy here in Cambodia.. ewwwww

As we heading back during sunset, we walk pass a wedding ceremony and decided to stop by for a snap shot.

  

The streets of Siam Reap is interesting, isnt it? Dont be afraid to wander further out of the city.. you'll get to see more things, especially the lifestyle of most Cambodian. Siam Reap city centre is full of tourist, it's all to modernized. 

To be continue tomorrow with more of the street scenes of Siam Reap!