Changing Phnom Penh

No training this weekend, just a few meetings so I took a few pictures on the way:

The dried Boeung Kak Lake from my hotel bedroom (green patch in middle of picture). Sadly famous for the violent evictions of people living on its shores a few years ago, it is now all dry and "redeveloped": a big road crosses it. If you have good eyes, you can also spot a mosque - all white- left of the crane, behind Calmette Hospital. 

the new Phnom Penh, catching up with consumer society, at least in appearance.

spot the size of the cars...

supermarkets, unknown a few years ago

with increasing traffic and big cars (there are either motorbikes or huge cars- hardly anything in between), petrol stations are becoming ubiquitous

construction, construction...

the tuk-tuk seems from another age among all these huge 4-wheel drives. But the tuk-tuk driver has a smart phone...

mmm, can you see the problem?

the "dollar store"... a new face of Phnom Penh along with numerous trendy restaurants and shops targeting the middle class

Inside the coffee shop, instead of the usual Khmer coffee with condensed milk, I was served an American style coffee with fresh milk and had to choose the size of the cup - hated that. Why do they have to copycat US coffee place chains?

RN5

Six hours' drive on RN 5 from Sisophon to Phnom Penh, via Battambang. All along the road, new houses are being built.

Six heures de route sur la RN5 entre Sisophon et Phnom Penh, via Battambang. Tout le long de la route, de nouvelles maisons se construisent.

un peu partout: des concessionnaires automobiles vendant des grosses 4x4

les rizières

optimisation du chargement

une mosquée

le Mékong

habitations typiques (non encore rénovées)

Sisophon

View from my hotel room, Sisophon.

Occupy Hong Kong

Between two meetings, quick look at the Occupy Hong Kong camp near Admiralty.

In Hong Kong