This past weekend 23 of us headed to Siem Riep to see Angkorwat. The bus ride was about 6 hours long and throughout the countryside. I wish that I had been able to take some pictures as it is vastly different from Phnom Penh, but our driver was making some good time. All the photos that I attempted turned out just a tad blurry! However, we did stop twice at roadside rest stops and I was able to get some pictures there.
Now, when you are all traveling and have to stop at a rest stop what do you tend to expect and see? Fast food restaurants, a convenience store to buy snacks and magazines and things that you forgot…and a postcard and t-shirt. Well, rest stops in Cambodia offer a bit different flavor! I have taken some pics to share with you. Oh! and by the way, not all the toilets are western–there are some squattie potties mixed in!
freshly candy pop being kept cold clams or oysters
squeezed with a big chunk of that they put some
sugar cane ice in a cooler flavoring on. YUCK!
juice
can we just say dried frish dried fish can you guess?
delicous!?!? duck, fried spiders,
a big mound fried crickets, and
of pineapples fried cochroaches…
any takers?!?
The food vendors must live here too. This is on the side of the building and they have washed and hung their laundry. On the inside there was actually a platform for a bed.So, that has been my experience of rest stops in Cambodia! Slightly different from home (smile) but fascinating!
