Where are the Beatles ?

On Monivong boulevard, not far from the French Cultural Center.

Alain Delon

These cigarettes are supposed to offer a "Taste of France".

A new river

Now you understand why it is so difficult to wear beautiful shoes ine Phnom Penh.

Smocking is...

Less and less people smoke in Cambodia.

Back bike

On the road after the rain, in a poor area of the city.

Billboard PP

An advertising for the city, along the quai Sisowath.

Hairdresser on fire

This young girl, 25, is the owner of her shop, inside the phsar Kandal.

5 m

A dangerous way of life.

UFO ?

No it is just a lightning in a storm cloud above the city.

What time is it in Phnom Penh ?

It seems for cambodian people that Zurich and Honolulu are in the same timezone.

Muscles in a bottle

A wine for muscles , what a strange idea !

Old style

On this picture, we can see that since the sixties, some "modern" areas of the city didn t changed.

Celebration 11-9

Repetition of the parade to celebrate the 55 years of Independance, 9th november.

Picnic around wat Phnom

Be careful, some monkeys try to steal the food.

Purple sky

So strange.

Mall

The city from the top of a newly built mall.

National museum floor

I like this old design.

Teuk Tla kids

They live in a shantytown of Phnom Penh, in the Russey Keo area. In may 2008, the house of their parents have been burned. They lost all the few things they have. Actually they live in small hut without water neither electricity. And they play in the mud.

Tires shop

All are for sale, but they are second or third hand. Be careful on the road.

Blue fountain

This fountain is a gift from a japanese company to Phnom Penh. The company has also given a dozen of public toilets.

Hard day s night

These garment workers have finished to work today. They earn between 50 and 80 dollars per month.

Desert kindergarten

But where are the kids ? At school. This is the first public and fee entrance kindergarten in Phnom Penh. It opened one month ago.

A cop under the rain

A small fire destroyed 4 shops in a small path. The cop try to close the way.

Not special

A popular street not different than another one.

No more school

Day after day, they collect plastic bottles and cans in the streets of Phnom Penh. Some live with their parents, some not and they don t have the possibility to go school. Could you imagine them in 10, 20 or 30 years ?

Mr Rabbit

What a surprise to meet this giant rabbit, around the wat Phnom. The children were very impressed because this animal speaks in their own language.

Booksellers

One of the best place to buy a newspaper or a magazine. Near the monument of Independance, they are 10 shops side by side in the street.

Festival Lakhaon

Yesterday, the "Festival international de théâtre Lakhaon" ended. In one week, a dozen of pieces of theater have been played in the Chenla cultural center of Phnom Penh.

National museum perspective

Inside the museum you can see many masterpieces of the pre-angkorian, angkorian, and post-angorian era.

Phnom Penh volleyball team

Training time.

Flags

I took this picture on riverside, along the Bassac river. At night, a lot of young lovers come here to be together.

Buddha and friends

Outside on the wall of the museum building inside the wat Phnom, there is this scene of Buddha s life.

Quails

They have definitely stop to fly. But you can eat them near every markets.

The blue house

But it s not the only one in the city.

CCF

The French cultural center, also known as Alliance Française, a place where you can see french movies, read french books and magazines, see french artists sculptures or pictures, and of course, learn french.

Tradition

Are they real or plastic flowers ?

Never forget

The most beautiful day of her life.

Unhappy girl

The whiteness of her face is the result of the make up.

Rest

All day long many people walk in the streets looking for plastic bottles, to sell them after to earn some riels to eat.

Gas station

Even in Cambodia, the french gas company is present. And this is written "Bonjour", even if Khmer people don t understand what does it mean.

Not hungry

I never try to eat one. My mother don t want.

Higher

On Monivong boulevard, a big building is under construction. It will be the highest one of the city for a short time.

The little cyclops

Dirty shirt, no shoes, he and his friend used to sell newspaper or books in front of the restaurants along Sisowath avenue. Their parents are too poor to send them to school. Some of them are organized in a sort of a "mafia".

Security dryer

The best way too keep away people who would like to steal your clothes while they are drying.

Japanese motorbikes

The most common way to move in Cambodia is to drive a motorbike. Some are very old, others are totally new. Actually a 100 m3 Honda costs around 1100 dollars. It s a lot of money for cambodian people.

Ceremony

During a wedding, monks pray for the hapiness of the union.

Prison

Not really. They are only two girls living with their parents, brothers and sisters, in an old woodden house, with only one big room.

After a wedding

In the middle of the street, people who are invited eat. 

Late in the evening

I took this picture along the riverside, on a road full of restaurants, it is a touristic area, that s why there is electricity at night.

Eggs

This man is the specialist of big omlettes. Every day he carries dozen of eggs from his farm to the market.