Japanese people cleaning up the streets!
The Japanese now hold signs saying "free hug" and wear T-shirts saying "hug me". Not kidding...
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Where did you see that? Which location? and did you take any pictures?
Around the corner from Blue Kiwi on 144. They were walking towards the river. Didn't get a chance to take pictures as I sped past them. They had the Japanese flag bandanas on their heads.
Unrelated, but I guess Kiwi guesthouse has been sold. Somebody is renovating it.
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Unrelated, but I guess Kiwi guesthouse has been sold. Somebody is renovating it.
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I wonder what the place was like 50-100 years ago, did people take more care to clean, sweep, pile up and dispose of rubble and such, or has it always been so ignored? Amazing.
I've read descriptions that said it wasn't all that tidy. There just wasn't any plastic or large wastage etc then.
The quay in front of the palace early 20th century:
Villages around the city:
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Ive noticed that the clever people at Northbridge have come up with a solution to dust on the road; every so often one of the staff walks around with a leaf blower, and just blows it off the road. Easy.
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My old khmer teacher had me go through a 3rd or 4th grade readings manual and one of the first ones was about how all the kids take turns cleaning the classroom. I will look for it later.
The irony is that the Khmer are super crazy clean at home. They will dust in front of their entrance all day long and they will scrub the floors like there is no tomorrow. But the cleanliness doesn't carry over to the streets well.
The irony is that the Khmer are super crazy clean at home. They will dust in front of their entrance all day long and they will scrub the floors like there is no tomorrow. But the cleanliness doesn't carry over to the streets well.
Japanese always look happy whatever they do.
Korean just look disturbed.
Korean just look disturbed.
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Half of the countryside still looks like this how many years on. Well, just with a few less trees that is.Lucky Lucan wrote:
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Is that 1615 the year??? I mean, I didn't think they had photography back than, and if not, what does 1615 mean?kansaicanuck wrote:Half of the countryside still looks like this how many years on. Well, just with a few less trees that is.Lucky Lucan wrote:
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Ha, no, 1615 is probably the plate/photo number- but only guessing.
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Did you take one?Alexandra wrote:The Japanese now hold signs saying "free hug" and wear T-shirts saying "hug me". Not kidding...
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I've read descriptions that said it wasn't all that tidy. There just wasn't any plastic or large wastage etc then.Lucky Lucan wrote:Machiavelli wrote: I wonder what the place was like 50-100 years ago, did people take more care to clean, sweep, pile up and dispose of rubble and such, or has it always been so ignored? Amazing.
It is largely the plastic innit.
But its also amazing how many places just have large piles of rubble, bricks, mortar, gravel; fill material just piled up on the sidewalks. Someone could just start gathering that stuff up and sell it you'd think. lol.
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No, I more or less flew past them. I had just turned around and said hi to a police buddy to my left and immediately after I saw the Japs on my right. If I was walking I would've taken pictures and probably hugged one of them...Machiavelli wrote:Did you take one?
Haven't seen them around the past couple of days. My guess is they're already gone.
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