every morning at 6.30am we get our wake-up call..
chainsaw applied to roofing tile.. no better way
than this to ensure everybody within a mile radius
will be wide awake come 7am..
And if that's not enough the loudspeakers blaring
music or buddhist chants surely will do the trick..
The rooster get's up half an hour after the cacophony
begins - too late mate.. we are awake..
p.s safety harness? don't be silly...
(seriously we sometimes can't watch this man,
one wrong step and he'd be off the roof...)
Below is Birgit's friend Nakry at the Silk Farm
where he works as a guide. Jason learnt how
weaving patterns works.. Or at least we both got
a rough idea.. All very very detailed and precise,
one thread missed and a week's work will be ruined,
which will also mean no wages for the weaver, as they
are paid per finished piece of silk..
Below: a decadent treat of a fully western priced Cafe Latte,
(at a hotel called Elephant Terrace, where we get great internet,
but we've only just come here for the second time today - too
expensive for regular visits..)
but Jason says it was worth it, coming from him that was a big
compliment as really he normally refuses to pay more than
50cents for a coffee here...
The Angkor Photography Festival (in Siem Reap),
everybody lined up looking up at a large projection
screen, ready for the evening's slideshow, showcasing
a selection of 15-20 photographers from all
around the world, with a focus on Asian
Photographers. This weeklong program of exhibition
openings at local galleries and hotels plus these open
air slideshows staged every evening is coming to an end
with one final slideshow presentation and end of festival
celebration tonight.
below: one evening of exhibition openings at the
Hotel de la Paix in Siem Reap, part of the Angkor
Photography Festival, a unique annual event.
below: a frog in a presentation bowl of folded lotus flowers..
..and Jason having an eye to eye with the frog...
joining Noung on a trip to a local village that
the NGO organization she works for supports:
HUSK turning Landfill into a Classroom...:
the below photograph shows a rice field, which was
destroyed during the month long, one meter high,
flooding (september-october).
The villagers here can only grow one crop of rice per year,
losing this harvest means that they will be without the
necessary rice to support themselves through the year!
the below grandmother has severely impaired
vision, her children bring recycling to her to fill
recycled bottles with. Husk offer a reward scheme
which will offer rice, cooking oil, blankets, mosquito
nets in return for set numbers of recycled bottles
filled with garbage. These bottles are then used in
a project that builds a school building with these
bottles.. (similar to this: xxx )
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