Wedding Island Banquet Hall Entrance

Wedding Island Banquet Hall Entrance - Chris Coles

The entrance to the wedding banquet palace is alive with action, big SUV's, Mercedes, BMW's, Khmer ladies dressed in silk and chiffon, their hair done up like movie stars, tons of fresh flowers, the drifting notes of the band and singer, a lot of bowing and waiing as the precise social hierarchy of the arriving Big Men and their wives and children is dealt with and sorted out...........

Wedding Island Palace Phnom Penh

Wedding Island Palace Phnom Penh - Chris Coles

Every Friday and Saturday night, the palaces on Phnom Penh's Wedding Island are packed, all 15 of them, a thousand people each......and parked all around, hundreds of Big Man SUV's, Mercedes, BMW's, the wealth of the assembled, the privileged elite of the new Cambodia, on full display.........

Wedding Island Landcruiser SUV

Wedding Island Landcruiser SUV - Chris Coles

Parked near the entrance of one of the banquet halls on Wedding Island, the Landcruiser SUV silently awaits for its owner to return.......

Wedding Island Toyota SUV

Wedding Island Toyota SUV - Chris Coles

Raised up on power shocks, military bumper on the front, this Toyota SUV parked outside the banquet halls on Phnom Penh's Wedding Island is ready to rock and roll.........