Cambodia
“Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country..” - Hun Sen.
Cambodia was a real eye opener for us both. We've seen poverty before, however Cambodia is very different. A huge amount of people were killed by Pol Pot's regime, the Khmer Rouge thirty years ago. Although his reign only lasted for a relatively short period of time 1975-79, it was very destructive dismantling the social system, and murdering millions of Cambodians. Even with Pol Pot out of power, the Khmer Rouge were able to stay formed in exile from Phnom Penh and not fully dismantled until 1998.
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The road from the Thai/Cambodian border town of Poipet to Siem Reap is not pathed and full of pot holes because the corrupt Khmer government are being payed off by Bangkok Air, a Thai company that flies to Siem Reap. A pathed road would really help those living in those areas as well as tourists who can't afford to fly everywhere.
These next few pages and photo albums talk about our time in Cambodia, our experiences, thoughts and what we saw and took in.
We first arrived in Siem Reap after a grulling bus ride from the Thai border. We checked out the town and the war museum the first day and then did the Angkor Temples the next day.
We travelled south to the capitol of Cambodia, Phnom Penh and checked out the famous S-21 prison camp and then the Killing Fields.
We then took a bus to Sihanoukville and then a boat back to the Thai border. For more details and photos, go to the various links ...
Most Cambodians, despite their way of life and what they are up against to make a good life, are typically very happy and content people.
War Museum - Siem Reap|12/07/2005
The war museum in Siem Reap was very interesting. It had many artillary artifacts, most of which were produced by industrialized nations, that you could actually pick up and touch! I don't think you'd find thhis kind of museum anywhere in western civilization.
Phnom Penh
If you haven't seen the movie The Killing Fields, RENT IT! It's an eye opening experience that takes you along a life of a Cambodian journalist during Pol Pot's regime take over. The fields were a humbling sight and made us more grateful that we live where we do. So many people died for no reason. At least from our perspectives as westerners who have never really been in that type of situation. The Killing Fields are situated 14kms south West of Phnom Penh...