Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Rural life in Cambodia: Chili pepper harvest in Prek Dambang (Kandal)

A Cambodian girl picks chili pepper in a field in her backyard in Prek Dambang village, Kandal province about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, June 24, 2006. Her average daily wage is less than US$1. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Soy Kim San shows his chili basket at a chili farm in Prek Dambang village, Kandal province about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, June 24, 2006. His average daily wage is less than US$1. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian twin sisters aged 18, elder Srey Mom, left, and Srey Moch, collect chili pepper in Prek Dambang village near the Mekong River, Kandal province, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 15, 2006. Their average daily wage is less than US$1. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Chan Da, 19, right, and his brother Meach Morn, 30, struggle to put dried chili pepper in a sack at Prek Dambang village, Kandal province about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, June 24, 2006. They worked for one of four storehouses in the village. More than a hundred tons of dry chili has been transported per week to sell in Thailand from this village. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Farmers dry chili pepper at Prek Dambang village near the Mekong River, Kandal province about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, June 24, 2006. They earned about 150,000 riel (US$ 36) per week during three-month-long chili harvesting season which started from May before the Mekong River's flood season. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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