Somewhere between 1-2 million people are expected to flood Phnom Penh this weekend for the Water and Moon Festival. Where we stay, up by Central Market, the change is barely noticable, but down by the river it is absolute insanity. The crowds go on like this for the length of the river, and blocks in towards the city. It's enough to cause chronic low-grade claustraphobia. To get anywhere, families and friends grab hold of each other's shoulders and form a part snake part battering ram. As anxiety inducing as the weekend is, it's all made worthwhile as the sun sets, huge illuminated barges are pushed upstream, and fireworks exploded in front of the moon.
Somewhere between 1-2 million people are expected to flood Phnom Penh this weekend for the Water and Moon Festival. Where we stay, up by Central Market, the change is barely noticable, but down by the river it is absolute insanity. The crowds go on like this for the length of the river, and blocks in towards the city. It's enough to cause chronic low-grade claustraphobia. To get anywhere, families and friends grab hold of each other's shoulders and form a part snake part battering ram. As anxiety inducing as the weekend is, it's all made worthwhile as the sun sets, huge illuminated barges are pushed upstream, and fireworks exploded in front of the moon.
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