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| Poipet beggars |
Combodia is
not a rich country and full of kids wanting to eat. We have met kid beggars
almost in every place where tourists visit. The more tourists - the wealthier
the kids. Compare ones from the center of the border town Poipet and from Tonle
Sap lake.
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| Tonle Sap girls |
Notice the
necklace probably made of gold in the first picture.
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| Tonle Sap lake |
Boy in a basin
swimming to a neighbor house, Vietnamise floating village on lake Tonle Sap.
Sometimes they take a real python with them and beg for money from tourists.
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| Poipet local taxi. Guy at the back: To the airport, fast! |
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| Dad riding his kids to school on a motorbike. No helmets found |
Interesting
thing in Combodia is local currency - Riel, which is not used almost at all.
Instead of it you get prices in USD and Thai baht. It became so because of high
inflation rate and lots of foreign tourists with US dollars.
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| Cambodian police |
Real
Cambodian policeman in Angkor town is selling his badge for 100 Thai baht ($3)
and his entire uniform for $100 to tourists. They are allowed to do so because
of low salary ($50 per month).
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| Angkor Wat |
Angkor Wat
Temple is the largest temple in the world. Lots of tourists, very hot and humid
climate makes it hard to enjoy though.
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| Nobody wants to buy my pants! |
Girl selling woman pants for $3. You have to cover your
shoulders and knees if you want to enter the top floor of Angkor Wat temple. So
they sell us pants.
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| Market right near the temples of Angkor |
10 magnets for $3, pants and drums – this is
all you need. Local girls riding a taxi.
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| Roots of banyan tree destroying the temple in Angkor |
But if you remove them the construction will collapse. Some weird symbiosis.
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