Sihanoukville, Cambodia

The Beach

The Sunset

These kids wouldn't leave us alone, but I thought they were adorable. They tried to sell us fruit and wouldn't go away until some was purchased, but I didn't want some. So, they came up for a solution, which was for me to buy some fruit and split it with them. I did as they said and bought them some of their own fruit.

Thanksgiving in Phnom Penh

The CIEE group in Cambodia on the river in Phnom Penh for Thanksgiving Dinner, which was not turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, or apple pie, but vegetable stir-fry prawns, beef skewers, and fruit. I'll be sure to make up for at Christmas dinner :).

The sunset in Phnom Penh on Thanksgiving.

The Power of One (Crazy Person), Not at all good in this situation

All these pictures are from the Cambodian Genocide in 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot was the head of the Khmer Rouge and led a "revolution." Nearly 2 million people died. The last two pictures are from the S21 prison, which is were they brought people who the Khmer Rouge thought were traders, they would interrogate them through torture and then kill them.


The "Killing Tree" where Khmer Rouge soldiers would smash babie's and children's skulls against the tree

The children were brainwashed and trained to be soldiers on the Khmer Rouge side for when the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia. They were trained to kill for the people who killed most of their parents.

People were starved, even though they were forced to harvest plenty of rice a day.

The rules of the S21 prison, they are so insane. I don't know why the picture is flipped, but try to read it if you can.

TREES!!!!!

This temple in Angkor is where scenes from the movie "Tomb Raider" were shot. The trees decorating the walls are unreal. You can see the roots cover the walls from top to bottom, side to side.

Angkor!!!!

Angkor!!!! Spectacular

I don't really have much to say about these photos, they kind of explain themselves. They are from Angkor, an ancient city in Cambodia. Construction on these temples started as early as the 8th century and went on until the 12th century. Really just amazing stuff. Unfortunately, I did not go on an elephant ride, but I got a picture of it!!! :)