Phnom Penh...my kinda town!!!

We picked up where we left off two years ago...Cambodia...one of my all time fave countries!  What a difference from Malaysia...people are just so much friendlier...eeeeeeehhhaaaaaa!  So you see the kids in the new pic above...here is Mr. Corona getting the shot...these kids were having FUN!!!!

...the market was full of little kids, and I took full advantage...showing the kids (and parents) the pics after I took them...

 

 

 

 

...and there were older, really interesting people too...

 

 

...here is one of the first kids we saw...his little bro is sound asleep in the hammock!

...then we went off to the museum...

...and saw a bunch of stuff...like this...

...and this was hiding in the bushes...

...and this...

...this guy had the same dentist as me!

...this beauty was doing one of her sketches...

  ...and these were just outside on the street...

...so then, because Cassandra thinks I need this, we went to a monastery!  WHAT?  I need a monastery like Linda Lovelace needs a tracheotomy!

  Found two oldies...

 

...and just before we left, there she was again!

...tomorrow...what to do...what to do?

Leaving Georgetown...

Our last day here in Penang...so we went out to discover something non-fishing!  First we went to the Town Hall...

...which is different than The City Hall...which is next door...

...which looks out over the harbour...and isn't very interesting...

...these were waiting for the big cruise ship that had just landed...

...just down the street from the clocktower...and some sort of sculpture...

...then we went to some rich Chinese guy's house.  His family lived there from the 20's to the late 50's...he must have been really rich, because he seemed to go overboard with a lot of the things in the house...but he had these cool vases...

 

 

...and this guy hanging out by the gate...

...this was their portable camera...

...and in the 50's, they had a tv set in the bedroom!

...all this exploration made us hungry...so we chowed down!  Isn't she beautiful when she stuffs her face!!!

...next to us was this young Indian woman and her son...I like this one!

...then we saw these great street murals...

 

That's the way I feel traveling with Cassandra!  YEEEEHAAAA!!!!

Thaipusam...a celebration of bad fishing technique!

You aren't going to believe this...YOU   ARE  NOT  GOING   TO   BELIEVE   THIS!!  Thaipusam is some kind of religious thing...I know it's not the Catholics or the Jews...but it might be the Protestants, or something.  Cassandra said we've got to see this stuff, so we got on the bus, and the first thing I saw was this Russian...

...he was trying to conceal himself, but I spotted him right away.  We got off the bus at the Hindu shoe exchange building...

...and started to follow the ever increasingly large crowd.  Now Mr. Corona is not a fisherman...and I don't know much about how it's done...but I know this looks like how NOT to bait the hook!

...I tell ya...these guys were swimming in the WRONG stream!  And people were just going about their business as though none of this was different...and these guys with all the hooks in them were still trying to get away from the fishermen!  This guy had two hooked on AND  a Christmas tree on his head!

Others looked like they'd had a bad experience with floaters...not that kind, the fishing kind...geez...

 I don't know what the hell was going on, but nobody seemed to care...like these two with the painted heads...on a scooter, no less...

...and these people think it's just another day in the park...

...after all that I needed a drink...I mean REALLY, how weird is all this...

...I know, I know...Bee Hooi...wouldn't normal Hooi do?  I WAS THIRSTY!!!!  Had a beer and some snacks, and got a picture of the Malaysian Charlie Manson...

...and in spite of his efforts to become my BFF, Cassandra said I couldn't take him home with us!  This guy ....I don't know, I just took the pic...

...I think he was from the hairdressers part of the parade we didn't see...but this old lady was sweet!

WHAT?  First ya won't dang wangi...NOW WHAT?