Visiting the Local Market in Phnom Penh is an experience in-and-of-itself. It is not like going to a grocery store back home. It is not like going to a department store or a mall back home. It is not even like going to a superstore. No, going to the Local Market is like going to […]
Cambodia
Silk Weaving Women in Cambodia
Silk Island outside of Phnom Penh. Appropriately nicknamed, because as one bicycles around for what could be hours, you are able to see some amazing women sitting at their looms, weaving silk into beautiful pieces of material. Watching these women silk weaving is like watching a well choreographed dance, as they effortlessly and gracefully use […]
Creating Rice Paper for Spring Rolls, by Hand, in Cambodia
As you drive along the road through the village of Pheam Ek near Battambang in Cambodia, you can literally see hundreds of round circles placed on grid-like trays, leaning against the edge of the greenery of plants and trees, out in the sun. They are the specialty of this village, made in family workshops. They […]