April, 2011
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All government offices are closed. That's for sure! The common people might work during the holidays, but not the government. That's why one goes into government. | |
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Most of the small commercial establishments were closed also, their proprietors gone off to one of the provinces for a week with family who haven't migrated to the big city. | |
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The people still in the city and who are out and about right after dawn need a place to eat so this woman has set up her usual morning breakfast spot. | |
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This eating establishment is a bit more upscale. One of the staff has started grilling meat on a charcoal fire out in front, waiting for the usual customers to appear. | |
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For people really on the move who need to eat fast--or for the really poor who can only afford 12 cents for a baguette--stacks of bread, probably baked during the night, wait on the curb. | |
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These women sell apples on the sidewalk and watch a young woman selling special flowers for the Buddhist festival which coincides with the lunar dates for the new year. | |
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Near a large street market, this woman climbs on a motorcycle after loading it with a lot of food, probably for a restaurant or maybe for reselling in neighborhoods away from the market. | |
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These men are buying large quantities of ice, probably for a restaurant. | |
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Plenty of the street vendors are out with their air pumps and soft drink bottles of gasoline on the holiday. If people are moving around, they're going to have flats and need gasoline. | |
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This is an aijai woman, one of the army who push and pull their carts through the Phnom Penh neighborhoods every day to collect trash for recycling. | |
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Holiday or not, the street in front of the house MUST be swept! | |
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Many families, after sweeping the street in front of the house, moved their family shrine with its offerings to the front of the building. | |