Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Chinese New Year long weekend, 2010
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The grand courtyard of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh
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The delicate beauty of the gates to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh
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You’ll not find such a lotus pond in front of Wat Preah Keo... :^P
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A pigeon taking off from Mondapa of Satra and Tripitaka, Wat Preah Keo
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Gallery of Ramaketi frescoes, Wat Preah Keo, in disrepair
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Which is the colour for today of the week? (Hor Samritvimean, Royal Palace)
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Mok Vaeng just across Sothearos Boulevard from the Royal Palace
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The distinctive dome of Phsar Thmey (a.k.a. Central Market)
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The magnificent interior of the central dome of Phsar Thmey (a.k.a. Central Market)
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A nostalgic lamppost and a tuk-tuk, what a composition!
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Nāgas and lions are guarding this stretch of Norodom Boulevard towards Wat Phnom
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Sunset upon the Nur ul-Ihsaan Mosque (a.k.a. International Dubai Phnom Penh Mosque)
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The hypnotic sunset of Boeng Kak Lake
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The visionary gleam of a street fountain at Daun Penh Street (Street 92) and Christopher Howes Street (Street 96)
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A game of Ouk Chatrang (a.k.a. Khmer chess) by the roadside
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The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the site of the former notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) that carries forever the memory of those who suffered and were killed here under the repressive Khmer Rouge regime
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Here at S-21, even the balconies are sealed with barbed wire to stop desperate prisoners from escaping the tortures with death
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These steel bars used to stop thousands of victims from fleeing the tortures in the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21)
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The dark, cramped cells in the main building of S-21
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These artworks carry the people’s silent appeals against the violence of the autogenocide by Khmer Rouge
(Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a.k.a. S-21)
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Other vivid evidence of the violence and the crime committed by Khmer Rouge
(Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a.k.a. S-21)
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The skin of a giant python is hanging high up on the wall in this Chinese-style restaurant on Dekcho Damdin Street (Street 154)