STEAMED TREATS SEEN ON THE STREETS OF PHNOM PENH IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. I never had a chance to try them out. With breakfast buffets included in hotel fees I never quite justified the extra food.
Steamed treats filled with either veggies or meat for a morning snack!
OPEN BILLED STORK
The Asian Openbill or Asian Openbill Stork, Anastomus oscitans, is a large wading bird in thestork family Ciconiidae. It is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lankaeast to Southeast Asia.
Asian Openbill Stork is a broad-winged soaring bird, which relies on moving between thermals of hot air for sustained flight. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched. It is relatively small for a stork at 68 cm length. They breed near inland wetlands and build stick nest in trees, typically laying 2-6 eggs.
Breeding adults are all white except for the black wing flight feathers, red legs and dull yellow-grey bill. The mandibles do not meet except at the tip, and this gives rise to the species’ name. Non-breeding adults have the white of the plumage replaced by off-white. Young birds have brown tinge to the plumage.
The Asian Openbill Stork, like most of its relatives, walks slowly and steadily on the ground, feeding on molluscs, frogs and large insects. from Wikipedia
OPEN-BILLED STORK AT THE PREK TOAL BIRD RESERVE AT THE NORTH END OF TONLE SAP, THE LARGEST NATURAL LAKE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
Open-Billed Stork at the Prek Toal Bird Reserve in Cambodia.
COMING HOME TO A “HONEY DEW” LIST! I knew Alice, my wife said she had a list for me when I arrived after being gone three weeks. I thought it was going to be a long To Do list. She surprised me with this list, which I thought was a very special homecoming gift.
What I missed!
Marland
Your Love
Your Smile
All your Bengali Relationships
Your Shopping
Running Errands
Helping Me
Walking With Me
Encouraging Me
Just Being
Zest for New Experiences!!!
A big thanks to my wife for this special list!!
The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m (5.9 ft),[3] they are conspicuous and iconic[4] species of open wetlands. The Sarus Crane is easily distinguished from other cranes in the region by the overall grey colour and the contrasting red head and upper neck. They forage on marshes and shallowwetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans and small vertebrate prey. Like other cranes, they form long-lasting pair-bonds and maintain territories within which they perform territorial and courtship displays that include loud trumpeting, leaps and dance-like movements. In India they are considered symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for life and pine the loss of their mates even to the point of starving to death. The main breeding season is during the rainy season, when the pair builds an enormous nest “island”, a circular platform of reeds and grasses nearly two metres in diameter and high enough to stay above the shallow water surrounding it. Sarus Crane numbers have declined greatly in the last century and it has been estimated that the current population is a tenth or less (perhaps 2.5%) of the numbers that existed in the 1850s. The stronghold of the species is India, where it is traditionally revered and lives in agricultural lands in close proximity to humans. Elsewhere, the species has been extirpated in many parts of its former range. From Wikipedia
I was able to get this photo in Northwestern Cambodia last week. I took it with a Canon XTI (400D) camera, CAnon 70-300 mm lens with a Tamron 2x converter. This is as close as I could get. They seemed to be maybe 400 yards away. I suspect the photo would have been sharper had I used a tripod, and a Canon 2x converter.
These Sarus Crane were in a rice field Northwest of Siem Reap.
IF EVERYTHING GOES ON SCHEDULE, I SHOULD HAVE ARRIVED BACK IN DHAKA LAST NIGHT. I decided to wait to start loading photos from my last 5 days in Cambodia until tomorrow.
I GOT A PHOTO OF THIS GENTLEMAN WHO WAS BUYING WHOLE BARBECUED CHICKEN FROM A STREET-SIDE SELLER.
Gentleman in Cambodia
HAULING A PROPANE TANK ON A MOTORCYCLE ON THE STREETS OF PHNOM PENH!
Typical Sight on Phnom Penh Streets!
SAWING THROUGH A BLOCK OF ICE across from the Russian Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
YOUNG MAN SAWING AN ICE BLOCK INTO SMALLER BLOCKS.
MY SON, AUSTIN TOLD ME I HAVE TO EAT SOME NASI LEMAK. So last weekend Dustin and I went to the Singapore Kitchen and I ordered some. On the menu it said it was coconut rice! With it came it looked like this!
The meal that came with the Nasi Lemak (Coconut Rice)!
YOUNG BOY RUNNING TO THE SHOP!
Back From Running an Errand!
GIRLS AT THE CARWASH GLAD TO HAVE THEIR PHOTO TAKEN!
Car Wash Workers
STREET SWEEPER IN PHNOM PENH
Street Sweeper
EVENING MEAL AT THE FCC (Foreign Correspondents Club) restaurant in Phnom Penh. The Phnom Visitors Guide said, “This is the famous FCC – still as much a journalist’s meeting place as a popular tourist/expat bar and restaurant. Located on the second floor of a beautiful old colonial-era building, the FCC’s open balcony provides a spectacular, sweeping view of the riverfront. …….. No visit to Phnom Penh is complete without at least one visit to the FCC.” So of course last evening I decided to check it out! 🙂 I decided on the grilled Norwegian Salmon Fillet. It was as delicious as the Salmon I ate in Chicago, San Diego, and the one my brother-in-law caught and brought to Florida to be grilled! I finished off the evening by sitting down with a mango milkshake, while I wrote some postcards to send to friends.
WHAT A SPECIAL DAY! A REUNION WITH OUR FRIEND CAROLYN ESH. We got together at Jars of Clay, a nice coffee shop near the Russian Market.
Carolyn, Me, and Dustin
The Camerist's Collection 