Hungry Street Dog in the Phnom Penh Night

Hungry Street Dog in the Phnom Penh Night - Chris Coles

Always on the lookout for danger, always hungry, never at peace, even when asleep ready to wake at any moment, ready to defend its territory or flee across the boulevard of death if there is no other choice.........

Phnom Penh Night Market Street

Phnom Penh Night Market Street - Chris Coles

It's after midnight, the street market's finally closed, leaving behind a few scavengers, a couple of street dogs, some stray cats, lots of rats and in every direction random piles of garbage and trash......

Street Dog Sex Phnom Penh

Street Dog Sex Phnom Penh - Chris Coles

Stuck together in the middle of the street, unable to de-couple, growling, baring their teeth, whimpering, not a whole lot "romance" or "fun", mostly just grinding necessity and instinct...

Street Dog Phnom Penh Night

Street Dog Phnom Penh Night - Chris Coles

She wanders around in the Phnom Penh night, scavenging for scraps of food, keeping a wary eye out for horny males, looking for a safe place to sleep, life on the edge........

Trash in Phnom Penh Night

Trash in Phnom Penh Night - Chris Coles

Someone put the trash and garbage in big plastic bags but a few hours later re-cycling scavengers, streets dogs, stray cats and rats had torn most of them open and all the garbage and trash is flowing back onto the street.....

Phnom Penh Street Corner

Phnom Penh Street Corner - Chris Coles

So much action on every street corner in the Phnom Penh night, the motorcycle taxi and tuk tuk guys, the Expats, the girls, street dogs, stray cats. a few rats, hard to keep track of it all......

Phnom Penh Street Dog

Phnom Penh Street Dog - Chris Coles

During the hot daytime hours, he tries to find a shady place to sleep....waking up at night to roam around, checking out the neon lights, swarms of Expats, girls..........he likes the action, especially around the nighttime foodcarts......

Street Dog Phnom Penh

Street Dog Phnom Penh - Chris Coles

He's a street dog with a collar........no name tag, no license, just the collar........does that mean he's got a place to go to when his day is done..........

Garbage in Phnom Penh Gutter

Garbage in Phnom Penh Gutter - Chris Coles

Ransacked by the passing bicycle pick-up truck recycler guys, the street dogs, rats, bugs and whatever else, the piles of garbage gradually get mixed together and more and more rotten in the Phnom Penh heat.......

Street Dog Phnom Penh

Street Dog Phnom Penh - Chris Coles

Lots of street dogs roam through the hot Phnom Penh night, sniffing through the garbage looking for a free meal......

Phnom Penh Street Dog

Phnom Penh Street Dog - Chris Coles

Wandering around in the Phnom Penh night, scavenging for scraps of food, looking for sex and a safe place to sleep, always living on the edge........