Electronics and techonology are in abundance in Cambodia but in a typical average household here, you're lucky if you get electricity and running water. And for a place that has frequesnt blackouts, electricity is crazily expensive here. Air conditioned places (such as nice cafes and hotels) are a pure luxury.
Likewise, having a washing machine is out of scope for most people. You can see all the hardworking Cambodian ladies out in their yards everyday, handwashing clothes in a big tub. I'm not as hardworking so I send out my thicker texture clothes for laundry service but for the rest, I try to handwash them myself as well.
And time consuming as it may seem, I don't hate it at all. It's become my ritual on weekend mornings to do my laundry and it's been strangely soothing. Ah, the simple life. Seems like I've been smoothingly adjusting to life here!
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