Delicious things

"Revenons a nos moutons" - Let's get back to our muttons (affairs) - say the French. Well, we are going to get back to our chops. What is a risotto? Definition by Wikipedia:  "Risotto - a popular dish of northern Italian cuisine, boiled with broth and tomatoes to obtain a creamy consistency. Man...

The days after

Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, birthday - this is history. We are returning to our Khmer everyday life, which is sometimes funny and sometimes annoying.Proverbs tell the truth; If you do not like what you like, then ...orIf you can not change others, change yourself!It's a bit difficult...

New Year Eve's celebrations

TO ALL OUR BELOVED (AND LOVING US?), READERS FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTAS -THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOU WISHES THAT SIMPLY CAN’T GET UNFULFILLED! WE BELIEVE THAT 2019 WILL BE THE ONE WE ALL ARE LOOKING FOR !! PATIENCE!   Just before the evening we said goodbye to Ewa and Adam from Poland (...

New Year 2019

The sounds of New Year's Eve balls and home madness have died down, the roar of fireworks is not heard anymore. The New Year has arrived! We wish you all the great 2019! We send these wishes in the hope that at every meeting we will be able to tell each other: It is as it is, but this year it wil...

Preparation for the eevening

Preparations for the New Year's Eve celebrations are in full go. I mean, I have my hands full. The photos show it! We have private guests - two friends from the Netherlands and Belgium. They have two daysto see the vicinities and they will show up in the evening for the dinner party for four of us....

Change of the season

Our window to the world, or Kampot better said, provides us with some entertainment. Now we can see that there has been a change in the season - it's still hot (for us), but the Cambodians put warmer clothes. No men or boys wear shorts any longer. Most of them wear long pants, mostly black. The gi...

Our role in the city

The second day of Christmas was no different than many others in Kampot. Though, during the dry season (!) it rained, not really heavily, for an hour. It certainly affected the reduced pedestrian traffic on our street which resulted in no customers. In the afternoon, a guy in a very advanced age ...

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, we wish you from the CHAMELEON. As you know, in Cambodia, 25/12. is a working day and nobody is interested in European holidays. Here they have ogt  a lot of their own. In addition, we meet people from around the world here who confirm that everyone can (and should) celebrate the ...