Try Khmer ceramics
Find a pottery workshop in Siem Reap and each make a small bowl with a design of your choice.
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A date with a touch of Cambodia.
From a pottery studio to a riverside promenade: choose a date in Cambodia where you see or make something together.
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Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Riverside evening in Phnom Penh
Walk along a public stretch of the riverside promenade and choose somewhere along the way to have a cold drink together.
Market visit and a cooking question
At a local market, each choose an unfamiliar ingredient, ask how it's used and think of a dish together.
Discuss a dance performance
Attend a scheduled Khmer dance performance and afterwards tell each other which gesture or costume stayed with you most.
Combine two local ideas
Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.
A date at home
- Market visit and a cooking question
No market open? Choose two ingredients from a shop and find a suitable recipe at home.
- Discuss a dance performance
No performance? Watch a recording from a cultural institution together and talk about it afterward.
Go out and taste something
- Riverside evening in Phnom Penh
Walk along a public stretch of the riverside promenade and choose somewhere along the way to have a cold drink together.
- Market visit and a cooking question
At a local market, each choose an unfamiliar ingredient, ask how it's used and think of a dish together.
Try two new things
- Try Khmer ceramics
Find a pottery workshop in Siem Reap and each make a small bowl with a design of your choice.
- Riverside evening in Phnom Penh
Walk along a public stretch of the riverside promenade and choose somewhere along the way to have a cold drink together.
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Indoors
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Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Bridge routeWalk past three bridges and compare how they connect the neighborhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Watching a lockFind a public spot by a lock and watch how boats pass through.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE GeocachingFind a public geocache together and take turns navigating.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Walk among the lightsAfter dinner, walk past three beautifully lit places in your neighbourhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Waterfront walkWalk along a canal, pond or river and count the boats or birds you see.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Finding a viewpointChoose a spot with a view and take your time discovering ten things together.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Outdoor cookingMake a simple meal together that you can eat outdoors.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Photo walkEach take five photos around one theme, such as windows, red or reflections.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Jazz nightListen to a jazz performance together or put together a set of three tracks at home.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Flea market missionEach find an object with an unexpected story at a flea market.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A photo comic of your afternoonTake six photos that tell a short story about your date.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE X on the mapDraw a small treasure map leading to a place where the other person will find a surprise.View the idea