Charcoal and Insence

Friday Jan 13. Another impression that will stay with me is the multitude of odours, especially the charcoal used at all the outdoor cooking areas and restaurants to cook fish, meat and all manner of other "food". Sometimes at meal times you can actually see the smoke in the air. This smell was more prevalent in the rural areas than in the city of phnom penh. The country is peppered with beautiful temples. You can smell incense whenever you are anywhere near one and also randomly as you move through the streets. I have come to like the smell of incense and the sound of chanting monks! Posted by Linda