One of the things I enjoy in Phnom Penh are the sights we see on the streets while riding to work everyday. This tuk-tuk is so full of fresh bananas that the passengers are sitting on the front of the tuk-tuk.

Today is election day in Cambodia and now the streets of Phnom Penh are relatively quiet and some shops are closed for many people have gone to their home provinces to vote. In the days leading up to the election, convoys of trucks loaded with people supporting one or another of the 11 political parties rolled through the streets of Phnom Penh blaring out songs and speeches of the candidates. This truck was part of a Human Rights Party convoy passing along St. 289 in Tuol Kork on the last day of the campaign.

Dixon is a little town on the Flathead Indian Reservation along Montana Hwy. 200 between Ravalli and Thompson Falls. The Dixon Bar is its most famous landmark. I used to collect empty beer bottles along the highway and redeem them for 2 cents each at the Dixon Bar. I used the money to buy comic books, bubble gum and firecrackers - essential stuff for a kid. The Dixon Bar is for sale, but at $1 million there haven't been any buyers that I know of, or can even imagine. Dixon is close to the National Bison Range at Moiese, MT. Up to 500 buffalo share the 18,500 acres with elk, deer, black bears and coyotes. Buffalo meat from the National Bison Range was a common lunch item for us in the Dixon elementary school. Unfortunately, the old bridge over the Flathead River was swept away by ice many years ago now. Some of the best swimming and fishing holes were on the other side of the river.

Salad makings

I am always amazed at how much produce or other cargo can be loaded on a moto. I wonder how this woman can drive safely with so many vegetables in her lap and hanging from the handlebars. Yet, this is a common sight on the busy streets of Phnom Penh.