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Fancy a rickshaw ?
Following our article concerning the delivery of a rickshaw for the Galeries Lafayette, some customers expressed their interest.
To answer that, we decided to put into place a rickshaw pre-ordering system, made to order, only for you.
You will find all the details of this offer on our website.
Don’t hesitate to contact us quickly so we can [...]
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House of Mekong tricycles on the french TV
The French TV network France 3 broadcasted a newsreel about a new service in Mulhouse (a town in Eastern France): young people riding cyclos.
This innovative new project is set up by Pousse-pousse services to help young people from 18 to 25 year-old to reintegrate work. It is funded by advertisements so that passengers are freely [...]
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Nice picture of a tricycle in Phnom Penh
Here is a nice picture of a tricycle taken by a belgian photographer during his stay in Phnom Penh.
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Buddhas, low chairs, tee-shirts : new items on the shop !
We just displayed on our website some nice new items. We found them in Phnom Penh a few weeks ago:
- Buddhas statues, unique and pretty cheap! We showed them in a former post: http://www.maisondumekong.com/blog/?p=48
As you might have understood, every one of them is a unique statue, and they are not imported by whole containers.
These statues [...]
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Documentary : The cyclo men of Phnom Penh
A short black and white documentary directed by Julien Poulson in 2009. Feelings of a cyclo driver about his career that started during Charles de Gaulle State visit in Phnom Penh in 1966.
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Hug Me Dolls in The amazing race
Hug Me Dolls are made in Cambodia by Jet Orderir, an Americain expatriate living in Phnom Penh. His website:
http://hugmedolls.com/
and an interview with Jet here: http://jinja.apsara.org/2006/10/hug-me-dolls/ (in english)
Dolls are made by NGOs in Cambodia and their sales fund some charity programmes in Phnom Penh and the countryside.
A few months ago they were under the spotlights [...]
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Cyclo Rock of the 60s
hort video found on the net: cyclos in Phnom Penh with Jis Cyclo song from Yos Olarang. Cambodian rock n?roll from the 60s with guitars solos and psychedelic keyboards! A very nice rarity.
Yos Olarang MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/yosolarang
You can also listen to (and download) MP3s of classical Cambodian rock music from the 60s and early 70s at [...]
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Tricycles arrival in France
We?ve been impatiently waiting for them and they finally arrived! A full container of cyclos! They?ve been put on pallets and they are now ready for shipment all over Europe. Some have been shipped the day after their arrival.
We visited the logistics company so we can show you a few pictures of our Mekong Express [...]
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Cyclo situation in Cambodia
free translation of and article published on September 16th 2009 on the Petit Journal (Cambodia Edition):
« Cambodia get more and more urban and its cities are changing. A survey led by the ?Cyclo Centre? shows that in 5 years the number of cyclos in the Kingdom halved. They were 3.000 in 2004 and are now only [...]
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Pousse-pousse pictures
Here are 2 photos of the pousse-pousse that was made for the famous Galeries Lafayette. They were shot during the Mariage Fair at La Défense on September 13th 2009.
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