Cookie monster

A couple of shots of Kai's mischievous expressions and his favorite new cookie monster shirt. He's starting to pick his clothes out on his own and this one always seems to be at the top of the pile. Also some pics from a trip I took up north to Kampong Chhnang to visit with the Muslim minority group known as the Kan Imam San. They have a very interesting background, brought here hundreds of years ago by a previous Cambodian King, and they worship a mix of Islam, animism and Hinduism. Their mosque looks a bit like a Buddhist Wat and they only pray once a week - at noon on Fridays. The celebration pictured here is the 'maloat' which is their day to remember the birth of Mohammed. It is also the day their newborns get their first haircut and are named. Cambodia has so many layers - each time I think I get it I run into a new group with fascinating traditions and customs. The girls in the picture are part of a program my shop runs which funds English instruction for them after their regular school. They are actually quite fluent!