CAMBODIA

Location - South East Asia; Capital - Phnom Penh; Population - 15 million; Currency - Riel

From Saigon it's a short journey to Phnom Penh, arriving in September 1999.

Cambodian currency

King Sihanouk's Royal Palace, Phnom Penh

The Silver Pagoda in the Royal Palace grounds, Phnom Penh

Boeng Kak Lake, Phnom Penh

Streets near Boeng Kak lake, Phnom Penh

Khmer Rouge's Security Prison 21 (S-21), now the Tuol Sleng museum, Phnom Penh

S-21 was the largest detention centre during the Khmer Rouge regime, Phnom Penh

Prison cells at S-21, Phnom Penh

The Killing Fields memorial of Choeung Ek, Phnom Penh

Around 17,00 people were taken from S-21 to Choeung Ek extermination camp, Phnom Penh

Prisoners' clothes at Choeung Ek, Phnom Penh

 The Killing Fields DVD

The Killing Fields of Cheoung Ek, Phnom Penh. Each depression indicates a mass grave

Children swimming at Tonle Bati

Khmer ruins at Tonle Bati

The view from the Khmer ruins of Phnom Chisor

French colonial buildings at Kampot

An open air Chinese festival at Kampot

Typical Cambodian stilted house, Kampot

Beautiful scenery on the road from Kampot to Kep

The Gulf of Thailand at Kep

Kep's beach

On the roof of the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap boat down the Tonle Sap river

Centre of Siem Reap

A model of Angkor Wat at Phnom Penh's Royal Palace

Angkor Wat - a funerary Hindu temple built in the 12th century for the Khmer King

More info on Angkor here

The Cruciform Terrace, Angkor Wat

Gallery of a 1000 Buddhas, Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat

Gallery depicting the Churning of the Sea of Milk, Angkor Wat

Buddhist monks in the grounds of Angkor Wat

Sunrise at Ankgor Wat

South Gate of Angkor Thom - 54 gods on the left & 54 demons on the right.
A Bodhisattva face can be seen above the central arch

Stone face at the Bayon, Angkor Thom

The Bayon, Angkor Thom

The Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom

Near the Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom

Grazing around Angkor Thom

The Bayon, Angkor Thom

What impressed me most was the natural overgrown look of Ta Prohm, a 12th century Buddhist temple

Tree roots engulf Ta Prohm

A statue of Buddha, Angkor

Sunset at Phnom Bakheng

Speedboat on the Tonle Sap, Siem Reap to Battambang,

Battambang streets

Battambang's colonial buildings

Khmer ruins at Banon village near Battambang

The Killing Fields at Phnom Sampeau

Drying out rice paper, Battambang

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