Sacrificing raw meat to please the spirits of ancestors on Wat Phnom, a working Buddhist temple in Phnom Penh. Central market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Mmmmm... a basket of bugs for lunch. More roasted insects, anyone?
Evidence that Cambodia is still transitioning from it's war torn past is everywhere. This is a billboard we saw several times on the side of a road. Spent mines from the Landmine Museum. More than 40,000 Cambodians have suffered amputations as a result of mine injuries since 1979.
The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot killed 3 million Cambodians, roughly half the population of the country at the time. Between 1975 and 1978, more than 17,000 people were exterminated at the killing fields of Choeung Ek.
Torture room at Tuol Sleng, a former high school. The sheer brutality of what happened here is hard to capture in a few sentences. Torture victims at Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh.
Cambodian boy making do on a bike sized for an adult. Cambodian girl selling hand made scarves.

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