Photo taken from a Khmer Restaurant, Battambang Cambodia

Khmers are well know for their artistry and their carving skills. Well, after all they made the fabulously intricate Angkor Wat temples. So it was not surprising to see wood carvings like these around the country. Some of the best I saw are in on display on some pagodas and some Khmer restaurants..

A cute statue making the traditional Cambodian greeting called the ‘sompiah’ and welcoming guests in Kep Lodge, Kep Cambodia.

Sambo, Phnom Penh’s resident elephant and his caretaker

Photo taken from my mom’s fern garden, Albay, Philippines

On the last day of our Sihanoukville trip, we dropped by The Snake House. My friend Netcy, have heard about this place and that it has a mini-zoo and we wanted the kids to see it.

The Snake House was built by a Russian biologist and we were surprised to find a really lush forest-like place with a unique theme restaurant, a collection of birds, fishes, crocodiles and of course, reptiles specially snakes. Of course, the kids had a blast looking at the different snakes (and thankfully they were all in secure glass terrariums..) if not you can imagine me hyperventilating all the way..

I’m not posting most of the photos of the snakes here as I know some of you might be a little queasy about it, but those who want to see the pictures, go check my PHOTOS page and browse the album Sihanoukville 2010. It was a really interesting place, specially when I saw these dining tables with terrariums in the middle and what else but snakes inside.