On Saturday we drove south for about 3 hours to go to a wedding. Its the first time I've been to a wedding so far away from the city. It was in a province called Kampot, basically in the middle of rice paddies! Cambodia is a bit like a frying pan, flat in the middle and hills around the outside. When we went to R'kiri last month I was reminded of that when I saw the hills- I hadn't seen hills for ages, I'd forgotten about them. It was fun to see hills again on Saturday.
On the right you can see the wooden house on stilts, I think the bride's family live there. At the colourful entrance to the wedding marquee the bridal party are waiting to welcome guests. More photos of Khmer wedding clothes and wedding traditions on Rachael's blog.
These 2 photos show the food being prepared by these "groma" wearing grandmas, out in the open on a wooden bed frame. What I call a bed anyway, but in Cambodia they are used for sitting around on and eating on. (In the photo below you might be able to see the bed behind the people, under the trees.)
Here is Soeun happily eating a ducks head.
And the ice... even if the water the ice is made from is clean the method of making it into ice cubes (glass size chunks) might not be as hygienic as one might prefer. Although as far as I know my tummy is ok.
In Phnom Penh people travel mostly by motos, I think this was the first wedding I'd seen people come by bike. We came by car and at one point we were getting a bit worried. The way there involved travelling on the ridge between rice paddies, it can get quite narrow at times!
On the right you can see the wooden house on stilts, I think the bride's family live there. At the colourful entrance to the wedding marquee the bridal party are waiting to welcome guests. More photos of Khmer wedding clothes and wedding traditions on Rachael's blog.
These 2 photos show the food being prepared by these "groma" wearing grandmas, out in the open on a wooden bed frame. What I call a bed anyway, but in Cambodia they are used for sitting around on and eating on. (In the photo below you might be able to see the bed behind the people, under the trees.)
Here is Soeun happily eating a ducks head.
And the ice... even if the water the ice is made from is clean the method of making it into ice cubes (glass size chunks) might not be as hygienic as one might prefer. Although as far as I know my tummy is ok.
In Phnom Penh people travel mostly by motos, I think this was the first wedding I'd seen people come by bike. We came by car and at one point we were getting a bit worried. The way there involved travelling on the ridge between rice paddies, it can get quite narrow at times!
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