Breakfast at Phnom Penh’s Olympic Market

This morning we decided to do something different and go for an early morning bike ride.

We experienced some of the heaviest rain we’ve ever been through last night, so this morning the air felt cleansed and the sky still damp and overcast – perfect conditions for cycling.

Phnom Penh’s Olympic Market isn’t known for its food – it’s more famous for its end-of-roll fabrics and textiles that come from the garment factories and are sold-on to individual buyers – but we discovered a wealth of great food stalls dotted around the market’s exterior.

Being a Sunday morning, it was quite busy out; we squeezed between vendors heaving packed baskets of tropical fruits, shopkeepers sorting through mountains of soft goods, construction workers and labourers and tuk-tuk drivers stopping off for their morning meal.

Since I’m making a concerted effort to improve my photography, I thought I would take a short series of photos to document our morning. Here is breakfast at Phnom Penh’s Olympic Market in pictures…

A woman peels prawns at the Olympic Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A man scoops ice from an orange cooler at the Olympic Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A plate of lok lak at the Olympic Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A boy purchases food at the Olympic Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Women serving breakfast at the Olympic Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A woman selling snack at the Olympic Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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