At the butchers'
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emka 2021-02-25 19:50
Hello Paul I like markets but mainly frits and vegetable and fish market. The parts with meat are often shocking, like here these pig's heads. It doesn't look inviting for meat dishes. Also, I rather avoid any ice creams (if not packed and kept in the fridge). Nice photo.
Many places have Krong in the name. I wonder what does it mean.
Best regards Malgo
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02-26-2021, 09:55 AM
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To emka: 'krong' ?
Hi Malgo,
I'm sorry but I don't immediately remember names with 'Krong' in ... What often occurs in a name in Cambodia is 'Kampong' or 'Kompong'. It means 'Port' and many of these places are located on a river or a lake. In Malaysia and Indonesia a 'kampong' is a village. You're right about ice cream. I'm also very careful with it. I personally find a fish market more unpleasantly smelling than a meat market. But it aren't the smells that attract me to markets in developing countries  Sorry the pig heads shocked you. For me the big surprise was that after a stay of 40 days in the calm Laos I arrived in a country that reminded me of India in terms of some third world problems as huge crowds and very poor hygiene. However, the most unsanitary meat market I ever saw, was in 1999 in Songpan, China. I was there with another tourist and when we both took out our cameras we were brutally chased away by the butchers No prying eyes allowed. All the best! Paul 
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02-26-2021, 10:12 AM
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Hi Paul,
When the fish markets are visited early in the morning they are not smelly. besides, there are often fish or other sea creatures that I usually do not see, so I find it interesting. And the pig heads are disgusting. Some Asian markets, maybe especially Chinese, are not for faint-hearted because of some animals we do not eat, like bats, rats, etc. Have a nice sunny weekend MAlgo
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02-26-2021, 11:13 AM
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Hello both of you,
This is from Wikipedia: "This is a list of Cambodia's 162 districts (srŏk), 27 elevations (krong), and 14 sections (khan), organized by province or municipality." Concerning disgusting markets I saw very big rats (dead) for sale in Vientiane. Cheers, Gert
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02-26-2021, 05:52 PM
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Hi Gert,
Thank you for the information but I must have forgotten about the srŏk, the krong and the khan ... Regarding rats: I saw huge rats (alive) in the street where I was staying in Brooklyn, NYC. In the evening there were also big rats in Central Park. During my recent Asian trip, I saw no rats at all (neither dead nor alive). Death in a market doesn't really scare me. I'm less brave when they run around the street and they were really huge in that neighbourhood.Kind regards, Paul
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02-26-2021, 06:45 PM
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Hello Paul,
I had a huge rat running through my hotel room in Lagos, Nigeria. I made sure to keep my bananas hanging from a washing line across the room. I doubted it could get to them there. There have also been rats running around the courtyard of the fine house where I live. They are everywhere, in any nice big city, but usually not sold at the markets. Have a nice weekend, Gert
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02-26-2021, 08:23 PM
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Hello Paul and Gert,
When I lived in another flat, on the fourth floor, I stood once near the sink washing dishes when the rat, not especially big, but rat anyway, jumped on my feet from under the sink. There was a screen there behind which were the pipes. Near my home is a small lake https://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1056639.htm and a canal. Near the canal, there used to be many rats. Often we went with my son Eryk to see them and the ducks. Now Eryk doesn't go with me for a walk, so I do not know how it is. M.
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