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So a food photo post has been requested, and I’ll do my best with my crippled little camera to oblige within the next week.

I’ve moved apartments, and it’s a good thing. Though I miss the patio of the old apartment, two adjacent buildings to mine suddenly added fourth floors, bringing the noise of construction within inches of my apartment on two sides.

I’m now living in a small apartment by Beung Kok Lake.

There’s a tiny restaurant run by a Chinese woman and her daughter on a balcony/rooftop that overlooks my patio. I was sitting out playing guitar the other evening and they asked if I’d sit on their rooftop and play while they cooked below on the balcony, offering iced coffee in return. I accepted the offer once and I guess somewhere in the space of that evening agreed to a lifetime contract, because I can’t simply be left alone on my patio. It’s actually a nice problem to have, as you can see in a few of the pictures I’ve posted.

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I’ve posted some photos of Angkam and Dragonfruit. I had heard rumors of the Great White Dragonfruit, but somehow had only managed to buy magenta ones until now. They’re definitely among the most expensive fruits at 75 cents a pop… but so worth it. Angkam are 2 pounds for a dollar. You can see that most of the spines have broken off these – meaning they’ve been bounced around a bit and they’re not as fresh as they could be. Angkam don’t strike me as the kind of fruit that goes bad easily anyway.

So I’ve also included a couple of photos of the last storm that passed through. What amazes me here is how hard the rains come, yet the streets are still always busy. Children run into the street to play or “swim”, motos and tuktuks keep rolling along whether the driver and passengers have ponchos on or not, the Egg Man still makes his rounds. The flooding on my street actually forms strong currents, which I’m surprised I have not had to save a small screaming child from yet. I am not joking about this.

Anyway, here’s a small sample of pics: