Motos here are the major mode of transportation. Until a few years ago, it was bicycles, but recently the moto population has exponentially increased. Cars, virtually nonexistent even in ’06 or ’07, are also gaining popularity. But really, motos serve everyone’s basic transportation needs in surprisingly versatile ways. Not only do they carry people, but mid-sized motos can also transport:
A folded-up mattress
A family of six
Monks wearing saffron (orangish-yellow) robes, some talking on cell phones and/or carrying bright yellow umbrellas
Young babies asleep in their parents’ laps
A bicycle
A mom feeding her baby a bottle. OK, this time the moto wasn’t moving – I guess she just thought it was more comfortable or convenient than going inside. Sarah calls motos “the lawnchairs of Phnom Penh.”
People’s dogs
Giant baskets of fruit or peanuts going to market
Sarah’s desk and armoire (5’ tall thing to hold her clothes, like a portable closet) – on a single moto
A ladder
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