Get money without losing face

Begging dog, originally uploaded by Khan Vanna.

During my trip to Kean Svay last week-end, I was amazed by a dog that is trained to get money from the tourists. And I could not figure out the man behind the dog nearby. That's really smart of him/her to get money without losing face.

Just wonder whether the dog would get enough food from its lucrative job??!!

>> more photos of the trip.

Tomb-sweeping day

Annually, a few days before the Khmer New Year, my relatives celebrate "tomb-sweeping day". We go to our ancestors' tombs, get it decorated, artificially send gift to them, and we don't forget to ask them for prosperities for the new year.

The kids decorating my grand-mother's tomb.

I always ask my grand-mother/father about whose tomb is it, as we have many tombs and most of them were erected decade-long, and about our relationship with the ones inside them :)

>> more about tomb-sweeping day.