I'm copying a Facebook post I wrote on Dec 22, 2016, about Choeung Ek (the most famous of perhaps hundreds of so-called "Killing Fields" across Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge era of the late 1970s) and dropping it here so that this travel blog more fully represents my travels. I wrote this as I sat in…
I snapped these shots of the sunrise on Sunday, March 26, from the back of the coach taking remnants of the Habitat team north from Siem Reap to Preah Vihear. Beautiful landscape, especially when backlit by the morning sun like this. Can't imagine ever tiring of such views.
Because the topic has come up many times recently while talking about Cambodia with other travelers, here are a number of books and movies that I've enjoyed in recent months to better understand the country's more recent history. I want and need to read more on the country's overall history, but my focus so far…
That Dude Over There 