cambodia

Late afternoon, Phnom Penh

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Rwanda, Germany, Argentina, Chile, the United States, Cambodia... it has happened many places. A genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot wiped out nearly a quarter of the Cambodian population from 1975 to 1979. The Killing Fields, about fifteen kilometers outside of Phnom Penh, was one place out of hundreds where Cambodians were executed for no reason at all.
'The Killing Tree'

 Former mass graves

Former jail, which used to be a school

phnom penh

Caught a bus for ten bucks from Saigon to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, just yesterday morning. Cambodia is hot. The people look more Thai, whereas the Vietnamese looked more Chinese. The capital city has hints of French urbanization with lazy boulevards and long promenades. Everything is cheap, everyone's just trying to get by. Greenbacks are the currency of choice and tuk tuk drivers ask if you want a ride every five minutes. Here's a look

Leftover from the President's visit...

Monks gathering alms