Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Snaps from Cambodia - Phnom Penh.


Above: The Killing Fields - where many Camodians were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge Regime. This site includes mass graves and the excavated bones and skulls of many of those who were killed. At this site, during it's operation, there were generators blaring out propaganda chanting music - used to drown out the screaming of those being executed. There is also a tree - Chankiri Tree, marked as "the killing tree" which Khmer Rouge officials used to smash babies skulls into, so that they would not grow up and take revenge for their parents' death.


Above: Two little kids on the other side of the Killing Fields. Quite eerie being in the Killing Fields and learning about the horrific things that were done to children and infants during the Khmer Rouge Rule (1975- 1979) and then seeing two little children playing in the field next door.

Above: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. This site is a former High School and was converted to a security prison (S-21) during the Khmer Rouge Rule. This site housed various torture chambers and holding cells  for prisoners before they were taken to the mass graves and burial sites of the Killing Fields.

Sorry for the morbid depressing post, it really was a very brutal and harrowing experience - I'm not sure why I decided to share it...

Cupcakes?

Cambodia - Angkor

A few snaps from our recent backpacking trip - taken in Cambodia, Siem Reap - at the Angkor Temple complex.


Sitting in Angkor Wat - the most impressive/iconic temple of the Angkor complex.

That's me - being zen, at Angkor Wat, waiting for sunset.

Children playing after school near the edge of the Tonle Sap.

An old woman in the temples, handing out red blessing wrist ties (Kabbalah) - to ward off misfortune.

The day we biked out to the temples.

"Traveling with Che" I mean... I thought it was funny.

of course i did.

The day we biked Angkor

Life has been a bit stressful in these parts - trying to: close off bank accounts,  sign remittance forms, organise a replacement iPhone, cancel phone contracts, and magically evaporate 18kg of luggage from my suitcase so that it's not overweight. (Read: I'm about to blow my brains out.) Blogging is taking a little backseat while the madness ensues - and I can't wait to get back home (SUNDAY!) to get stuck into some cartoon posts - but for now here are some analogue pics of the day we biked the Temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Bicycles, picnic, sunshine, ancient temples.