Market place

in search of food i can cook and supplies for the school, i'm on my bicycle heading towards East and find this HUGE market place. Psar Leu market is doubtlessly the biggest market in town. and just like any market in SE Asia they are full of colors and smells, with little alleys creating a maze into the whole complex. i would say it's a size of madison square garden or tokyo dome, only far more condenced.

fruits and veggies, hanmocks and mosquito nets, shirts and shoes, jeweries and electronics, bicycles and motorbikes, everything is available for much lower price than in the touristy markets. vendors with large baskets on their head passing motorbikers with family of four crammed on top in narrow alley, frequent deliveries of rice trucks and banana rick-shaws.

the smelliest section of the market sells fish and meat. the ground is wet and flies everywhere. no tourists throughout the entire market, (therefore people are actually not so used to negotiating their price. they see me as a rich foreigner and try to rip off higher price than smaller markets in the touristy district in central Siem Reap. bargening here is tougher, but worthwile when you eventually get it) every corner i go i receive their curious eyes. after a few minutes of my routine getting to know them, some but not all, would open up and smile to my camera. a few joke at me asking for a dollar for taking picture of them.