The Human Camera Blog

Friday 16 November 2012

An elderly lady in Cambodia

One of the key challenges of travel in a foreign land is finding a clean restroom... as simple as that sounds, it's something that urbanized folks (like myself) take for granted. I was in a Cambodian village in Phnom Penh, couldn't find somewhere to relief. Then I spotted a "good'o" toilet sign from across the road. I hastily make my way into the toilet, on my way out, I was followed by this elderly lady... she was holding out her hand and pointing at the toilet. This is the universal sign language of ... "you owe me some money for using the toilet!" 

I reached into my pocket to get some Cambodian currency to pay her... honestly, I don't even know how much I paid... probably no more than a quarter. I could tell she was very happy with the payment. I then lifted my camera and pointed at my lens (with a smile), she nodded & this is the shot!

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