One of the few modern vehicles we passed on the road to Kbal Spean

            One of the few modern vehicles we passed on the road from Siem Reap to Kbal Spean in Cambodia. I am in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on my first solo trip after a traumatic breakup in Oct. 2008, to check out some of the Angkor temples. Several of the Angkor temples are located quite a distance from Siem Reap, and Kbal Spean, another of the Angkor temples where I am headed is over 25km away. I was really enjoying my long ride through the Cambodia countryside. Now what's the big deal with a truck, I hear you ask? Well, nothing really. On this trip to Cambodia in Oct. 2008, I noticed that the country was just coming out of poverty after years of persecution, torture and murder at the hands of the brain dead Khmer Rouge lunatics. People were trying to get by whichever way they could, with many of the vehicles improvised to perform other functions, like a trailer attached to a motor scooter or land tiller for cargo and freight use, impossible loads on motor scooters etc. In the light of all this, a modern truck like this was a refreshing sight indeed. The seemingly hollow hood of the vehicle coupled with the bars on the load bed of the vehicle made me think that this was actually a songthaew (pick up truck with seats at the back- something like a local bus), but I did not spot a single other songathew during my 9 days in Siem Reap, not could I spot much inter city movement between the town centre and rural areas. (barring the big buses which run from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh of course). Be that as it may, I also found it odd that the gentleman sitting atop the vehicle would choose to do it atop the high hood of the load bed rather than inside the cab of the vehicle. Pretty dangerous in my book, what with so many low hanging branches from trees along the road. (Siem Reap, Cambodia, Oct. 2008) 
   

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Taken on: October 1, 2008

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