In Phnom Penh there are a lot of children selling (copied, not original) books or drinks to tourists in the street. Tourists should, however, not buy anything to prevent the misuse of children on the longterm as they do not profit from their sells. An advice which is hard to follow. Some, like this boy, like to train their English and they often speak better than other children. Besides they are very interested in learning about the different countries. Hopefully this will help them in the future.
In Siem Reap, which is more touristic, it is almost impossible to enter the little shops on the markets as everybody tries so hard to sell you postcards, clothes or pineapples (usually they all sell the same).
This girl tries to sell drinks to boat passengers. She was brought by a little boat, but had to swim back, without having sold anything.
Some people seem to cry almost, having difficulties to walk but start insulting those who do not give anything the next moment, walking away normally. Some kids point at your bag or follow you for several minutes repeating "dollar, dollar". We preferred to give food or drinks in some cases, luckily many people do this instead of giving money.
Anyway: hard, hard, hard.
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