More about Cambodia

The trip to Cambodia (ancient Indochina) was a sobering experience for me. Siem Reap is a contrasting place with absolute poverty and misery but also relatively wealthy.

We flew Singapore - Kuala Lumpur- Phnom Penn - Siem Reap. During our descend on Phnom Penn (Cambodia's capital) we flew over the Mekog River. Here are some pictures.

Monitor at Kuala Lumpur


Flying over the Gulf of Thailand, Sarah liked the clouds


Flying over the Mekog River. This is on our stop at Phnom Penn








An EVA DC-9 at Phnom Penn


A Vietnam Airlines A-320


Central Cambodia, mainly rice fields


Flooded rice fields by Siem Reap




At Siem Reap's airport, in our Malaysian Airlines 737


Sarah at our hotel


At Angkor Thom


A drawing about the Khmer Rouge regime in the landmine museum


A child in the lake. He belongs to the boat community. Most of the people are refugees from Vietnam but have no citizenship (either Cambodian or Vietnamese). They don't speak the language and since they have no papers they cannot work




This is a crocodile farm and a turist center. It is also a floating store


This little boy was begging. He is missing one arm as a result of a landmine explosion



A young mother (no more than 13 years old) and her baby


A house in the countryside


Sarah riding a horse on the country. This is the real rural area


The common way of transportation


The Dear Leaders


There is luxury in Siem Reap...


... as well as poverty