Friday, March 20, 2009

Easy Riders

oh the things that travel by motorbike in Vietnam!

Judith and Quan on the road in the Central Highlands


Bill and Mr. Young on the Ho Chi Minh Trail



and there are also live birds that get a ride to market!




Saigon to Nha Trang

drive-by barber service!

we try to cross the street in Saigon!


a street cook in Nha Trang fixes us a treat


Bill has his shirt fixed in Saigon on a nearby street, literally




Siem Reap to Phnom Penh

dishes from my cooking class in Siem Reap - yummy

fast forward: traffic in Phnom Penh


deep-fried insects - not in my cooking class!



to market to market to sell a fat pig - yes it is alive!




the temples of Angkor

monks at Angkor Tom

Judith and Bill and their smiling friends





we have a thousand more shots like these!!!!!




a walk outside Siem Reap

children returning home from school

a mother prepares coconuts for us as her children watch


we stop to watch a woman making a rattan mat and all of a sudden the whole village arrives



Battambang to Siem Reap

morning coconut waffles by the roadside on a walk outside Siem Reap

Battambang to Siem Reap: we abandon the boat and the crew checks for the hole!!!

crispy fried banana fritters on our walk outside Siem Reap



Thursday, March 19, 2009

Kampong Chhnang

woman prepares lotus bouquet for Bhuddist party

we ride uptop on the ferryboat and our motorcycle rides below with the cows and pigs


boy carries palm juice collected from the treetops by his father


drive-by butcher shop!




Kampot and Kampong Chhnang

mixed messages at the shrine!




children play in the water hyacinths as their mothers and older sisters collect snails nearby



pig wash before the trip to the market