CAMBODIA--Part 1
Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia. Sits at the confluence of the Tonle Sap, Bassac and Maekhong (Mekong) rivers. Seat of government was moved here after decline of Khmer empire centered at Angkor. One of the three great colonial capitals of Indochina (along with Vientiane and Hanoi). A million people, reviving after its devastation during the murderous years of Khmer Rouge control.
Fruit
Stands Like This Line the Streets of the City
The
Roof of Wat Lang Ka: Great Khmer Architecture Continues to Be Built
Public
Parks and Fountains: A Positive Aspect of the French Colonial Legacy
Some
Interesting Traffic in Phnom Penh: The Country Comes to the City (Cambodia IS
Mostly Rural!)
Cambo
Fun Park: A Break from the Routine in the Heart of the City
Fast
Food, Khmer Style: The Contemporary Legacy of American CULTURAL Colonialism
The
Cambodia-Vietnam Monument: Part of the Legacy of Vietnamese Occupation
The
Cambodia-Vietnam Monument: "Fighting for Liberation"?
My
Friend Keo: He Works for UNICEF Now, But in the Khmer Rouge Years His Sister
Would Walk Ten Kilometers to Bring Him One Potato
Life
on the Water: Along the Tonle Sap River in Downtown Phnom Penh
Winged
Snacks: Don't Worry, They're Not Babies, Just Really Small Birds (You've Eaten
Chicken, Right?)
A
Magic Healer Touting His Wares (Check Out the Poster on the Stand): Is This
Any Way to Cure a Headache? (AND: Remember the Malaysian Healer?)
New
Years' Lights At the Royal Palace...
What
a Magnificent City!!