Trees and general greenery
Trees and general greenery
My neighbour has just decorated her balcony with lots of big green plants, which looks great, but when I look over the balcony, there's barely a tree in sight.
There doesn't seem to be any emphasis on trees or general greenery / shrubbery in Cambodia. Not just PP but out in the provinces too. You might find one or two but nothing like you see in most towns and cities. It has dawned on me that it's this that gives Cambodia, and Phnom Penh in particular, it's, shall we say, distinctive look.
If you take the bus to Ho Chi Minh, you don't have to go much past the border to see the towns and villages take on a different look, and that's mostly down to there just being more greenery in general, even though it's generally the same climate.
Anyone know why Cambodia is so devoid of natural features? Are there / have there ever been any initiatives to spruce up the place?
There doesn't seem to be any emphasis on trees or general greenery / shrubbery in Cambodia. Not just PP but out in the provinces too. You might find one or two but nothing like you see in most towns and cities. It has dawned on me that it's this that gives Cambodia, and Phnom Penh in particular, it's, shall we say, distinctive look.
If you take the bus to Ho Chi Minh, you don't have to go much past the border to see the towns and villages take on a different look, and that's mostly down to there just being more greenery in general, even though it's generally the same climate.
Anyone know why Cambodia is so devoid of natural features? Are there / have there ever been any initiatives to spruce up the place?
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They can kill by sucking the oxygen from the atmosphere
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Re: Trees and general greenery
We had neighbours with lots of plants on their balcony - looked great, but the downside was year round mosquitoes. The little fuckers were terrible, no doubt they were breeding unhindered in the water catchers.
After we'd live there for about 3 years they left. End of problem during the dry.
After we'd live there for about 3 years they left. End of problem during the dry.
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Re: Trees and general greenery
was actually thinking about this yesterdayxandreu wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:22 am My neighbour has just decorated her balcony with lots of big green plants, which looks great, but when I look over the balcony, there's barely a tree in sight.
There doesn't seem to be any emphasis on trees or general greenery / shrubbery in Cambodia. Not just PP but out in the provinces too. You might find one or two but nothing like you see in most towns and cities. It has dawned on me that it's this that gives Cambodia, and Phnom Penh in particular, it's, shall we say, distinctive look.
If you take the bus to Ho Chi Minh, you don't have to go much past the border to see the towns and villages take on a different look, and that's mostly down to there just being more greenery in general, even though it's generally the same climate.
Anyone know why Cambodia is so devoid of natural features? Are there / have there ever been any initiatives to spruce up the place?
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Re: Trees and general greenery
There was a time when trees were more abundant in the city center.
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Too tempting I'm afraid Jamie
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On topic though. Isn't there a city ordinance that prevents the felling of healthy trees?
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IraHayes wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:47 am
Too tempting I'm afraid Jamie
probably looked more like this tbh...
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Just classify them as unhealthy, then there is no problem.
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