The Old French Architecture of Phnom Penh
The Entrance to the Russian Market
Seamstress at the Russian Market
We Made Friends With a Few of the Kids Who Sell Books on the Street - In Most Cases They Use This Money to Pay Their Way Through School
Our First Tuk Tuk Ride Near the Royal Palace
The Street In Front of the Royal Palace
The Grounds of the Royal Palace
The Silver Pagoda, named because 1 Kg of Silver tiles cover the floor
The front entrance to the Silver Pagoda
Murals Painted in the Courtyard tell the story of the Ramayana
One of the Many Stupas on the grounds - here they contain the ashes of Royalty
A Shrine Sitting Under A Buddha Tree
Flower petals from the Buddha Tree
Another Shrine
Lotus Flowers
The Lotus flower is a symbol of purity in the Buddhist faith because it blooms beatuiful and clean from the dirty mud.
Lotus Seed Pod
Kitty Asleep in a Rickshaw
A Silk Weaver on the Grounds of the Royal Palace
The Park in Front of the Royal Palace - the Photo is of the King's Mother
The Only Elephant Left in Phnom Penh after the Khmer Rouge Left all the Others to Die...
A Boy Walking on the Bank of the Tonle Sap River - this is one of the only rivers that flows backwards half of the year due to increased flow of the Mekong River during Monsoon Season
A Boat on the Tonle Sap River
The Khmer People are Beautiful!
A lot of little kids will let you take their picture - but they have learned from other tourists that if they count to 3, they can get some money...
Rion and I never gave money to begging children, but learned how to interact with them and distract them into just being kids again. Rion is drawing a picture of a bird in the dirt
The Killing Fields just outside Phnom Pehn is where the Khmer Rouge killed thousands of educated people and children they perceived as a threat
This is the area where the mass graves were found
Walking around, there are still little bits of clothing from the victims, that was pretty creepy
Most people were beaten to death, so that the soldiers could save their bullets
Bones are left as a reminder of the tragedy
This is the shrine at the Killing Fields where many of the victims skulls are Entombed
Some of the Victims' Clothing Along with the shackles still worn in the grave
A Solemn Reminder...
One of the many landmine victims in Cambodia trying to earn a living - he was selling incense to burn in memory of the victims
A young cowherder displaying 1, 2, 3, Picture...One Dollar?
Bath Time
The Daily Ritual of Bathing the Cows
S-21 was a school turned into a prison and torture compound by the Khmer Rouge - this is where victims were held before being taken to the Killing Fields
One of the rooms where victims were found dead, when the Khmer Rouge left in a hurry
In each room, a picture of the attrocities is displayed
The Khmer Rouge kept very good records of all of their victims, including a photo
Rush Hour along the river
Playing a game similar to Hackey Sack in the park
Tourist Boats on the Tonle Sap
One of Cambodia's delicasies being sold to tourists getting off buses at a rest stop - Huge Spiders! (This picture was taken by our friend Eva, who hopefully doesn't mind my using it here - I didnt get a picture of these!
