July 23rd was the date scheduled for Cambodian national elections, and with the kids out of school for this occasion, my wife asked for a family road trip.
🌾 Pursat Here We Come 🐃
This road trip was a multipurpose one, with the first order of business to reach Pursat where we would drop off my in-law construction crew and stay for one night. With them back in their voting district, they would be able to go to the polls and avoid any potential village fallout. The other plan was to visit Battambang, a town I haven't been to in at least 10 years.
There are a series of halfway decent roads to get us back home from Battambang, but it was going to be a first run, likely filled with wrong turns. We stayed the night at my brother-in-law's house, who owns a home and some land outside the provincial capital Pursat.
There are dogs, cattle, water buffaloes, cats, and all kinds of other animals in this agricultural area. Rice fields cover the horizon like the cornfields of Indiana where I am from, and a shadetree is a very rare commodity.
The Grain Shack 🛖
In the corner of the yard is a small hut, the oldest building on the property. It was once a home, but now it serves as a rice storage shed because the local area is almost exclusively rice paddies. For long-term storage something high and dry is needed because the land is barely above the water table.
Teenager Coping 🤷♀️
Srey-Yuu bought her iPad on the trip to stay digitally connected to the world, a must for any modern teenager. There are two family members that usually don't want to go on road trips, and those people are Srey-Yuu and I. I would enjoy traveling more if I could find some help with my Hive work, but it consumes 12-14 hours of my day most of the time, and combining that with driving 7-8 hours a day turns me into a zombie.
It ultimately leads to me trying to do voting with my left hand while driving, nothing dangerous though. It is however exhausting to slow down and pull over to the shoulder of the road every 30 minutes to prevent the @asean.hive voting power from reaching 100%.
🥀 Garden Shots 🌶️
Within the yard of my brother-in-law's house is a small garden of mostly chili peppers. I did my best to take some close-up shots, but it was quite windy at the time. I couldn't get a good focus on the chilies with my phone, but the flowers were successful shots. Evening came soon enough, got a night of rest and headed out to Battambang the next morning. I guess stay tuned for a Part 2......
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