Can’t complain about this.
Early afternoon at the beach, in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Month: March 2023
Sea view for only $US15 a night
What a sea view for only AU$23 a night ($US15/VND369,600).
An apartment with kitchen & washing machine.
With 3 x aircons but I prefer open windows for the cool sea breeze.
On the 34th floor. It’s an apartment rental business, called Golden Ocean, in the Muòng Thanh Luxury Hotel building, Nha Trang, via @bookingcom
Not bad, eh?
Sun burns through the hot morning haze: another day dawns in South-East Asia
Sunrise: the day starts to burn through the morning heat haze, so typical of South-East Asia.
The beautiful beach and sea, at Nha Trang, Vietnam
Trees Grow Out of a Motorbike in South-East Asia
This must be the greenest, most eco-friendly motorbike in South-East Asia.
Trees are growing out of it.
Next to the Wat Ounalom Monastery Pagoda, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A Graceful Way to Start the Day
How Civilised: iced caffè latte with a chocolate brownie (note the tiny “tree fork”).
Followed by an almond croissant. The temptation was overpowering.
Soft French jazz music in the background.
A graceful way to start the day …
(Lagrace Cafe, Street 178 Riverside Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
SE Asian Street Juice Vendors Feeling the Squeeze
It’s surprisingly difficult to find street vendors selling fresh fruit/vegetable juices, in Phnom Penh Riverside, Cambodia.
Five years ago, they were seemingly on every street.
Perhaps they can longer compete with convenience stores on price and variety? These little cans – this “winter melon” is delicious – cost USD60c.
Cafes/bars/restaurants (having costly rent and expenses) sell freshly squeezed orange, watermelon (a personal fav!) and coconut juice for USD3.50-USD4.
Lok Lak Lunch
Lok lak lunch. An essential joy of visiting Cambodia.
The side dish of Kampot pepper, garlic, chilli and salt – I like to lift that egg and blend the pepper mix through the steamed rice.
Heaven on a plate. At Bgari Restaurant, Sisowath Riverside Street No.1, Phnom Penh.
Lunch: The Phnom Penh Street Buffet
Lunch is a selection from a Phnom Penh “Street Buffet”.
I’m opting for the “lemon grass chicken” take-away.
Bits of chicken off-cuts (plus bone), the lemon grass as edible tiny ringlets, and some “demonic” red chilli.
With steamed rice.
Verdict: full of flavour.
(Back in my guest house and within a minute of “tucking in”, Miss Brindle, the neighborhood cat, appears on my balcony to “serenade” me. She is rewarded with the bone bits but – no surprise – she leaves the leftover chilli untouched.😊)
Our Hunger for Plastic
South-East Asia & Plastic: this is from one very simple lunch.
Pork, vege and rice USD2.50, from a popular street vendor in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
(Tasted good, too!)
This visit I have seriously reduced my plastic consumption:
● I’ve washed & reused a plastic bowl/spoon/fork/knife;
● go out always with a used plastic bag in my pocket for incidental purchases (those little cold cans of beer);
● given my empty plastic water bottles to housekeeping to recycle.
But still …
Pasta in Phnom Penh – Delizioso!
A taste of something different for lunch today: Italiano classico on the riverfront in Phnom Penh.
Khmer food is on “hold” and opting for pasta spaghetti with olive oil, herbs, extra Parmesan and clams.
They nail it. The pasta is “to the tooth”.
A good choice, for under USD10. Bgari Italian restaurant, on Street 1. I will be back.
PS: they also do a good breakfast cappuccino here and we Melburnians are very picky about coffee
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