Walking in the less traveled areas of the city, you can find the real Cambodian modern lifestyle, past and present, with a small hint of the future, you can walk the small allies, in the shade of those big trees who have already seen it all, and you can feel that the local spirit has not been broken yet by the flattening crushing boot of over globalization, that the local identity is still there. |
One good thing can be said for old time colonial occupations, is that sometimes they leave behind some favorable things, and in Cambodia's case, as it was the French who were the local let-me-bring-you-some-culture-do-gooders what they left was amazing baguettes and the café' culture, two things which are evident anywhere you look in town. |
Cambodian baguette sandwiches on every street corner, and cool little coffee shops to sit in, the kind of coffee shops where if you take out a book and just plant yourself for a couple of hours in a nice chair to hide from the scorching sun, no one will bother you, the kind of coffee shop where if you happen to pass by in the afternoon or evening time you will always find a strange conversation to join, somebody to share an hour of random encounter over a ice coffee. |
