Phnom Penh marketplace

Khmer lady at the veggie marketKhmer lady at the fish marketethnic vietnamese lady at the market

Cambodia (and southeast asia in general) have incredible open-air markets, usually organized by product. Fish, veggies, bread, used clothing, cheap chinese imports. These photos are a small sliver of market-themed photos I took along our trip. In Cambodia I became obsessed with markets, in Phnom Penh we visited pretty much every one of the major marketplaces in town, about 5 of ‘em. Admittedly, I was on the hunt for used clothing. Your old tshirts from high school all end up in Thailand or Cambodia, I was on a mission to find good tees and old military clothing. I schlepped Marcia to market after market chasing an idea in my head of what I might be able to find. But the reality is that most Cambodians are looking for polo and benetton shirts from the early 90s. It’s the 90210 complex.


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