Daysend

Kampot, Cambodia, Oct 2015: Days end on the Prek Thom river looking towards the Elephant mountain range…

Nokor

Wat Nokor, Kompong Cham, Cambodia, October 2015: A short video exploring the strange fusion temple complex of Banteay Prey Nokor. The original 11th century Mahayana Buddhist shrine has been added onto over the centuries and incorporated into a bewildering and sprawling complex of wat’s and stupa’s. However it was a very peaceful visit with not another […]

Preahsang

Kampong Cham, Cambodia Oct 2015: This elderly monk was quite a character at Wat Phnom Pros, located just outside the small city of Kampong Cham.

Bei

Wat Leu, Sihanoukville, Cambodia, October 2015. It was very peaceful at Wat Leu, located on a hill overlooking the port city of Sihanoukville. There were no tourists and no hassles, apart from the two boys on the left who followed me around, eventually asking me for some dollars. They were just trying to make a buck […]

Tuol Sleng

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 2001: The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh was a former high school, converted into the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng appropriately means “Hill of the Poisonous Trees” and was just one of at least 150 execution […]

River Kids

Siem Reap, Cambodia, March 2001: While wandering aimlessly around the dusty streets of Siem Reap on a stinking hot afternoon, I photographed these local children fishing in the Siem Reap River. In 2001 Siem Reap was still a quiet, laid-back, dusty back water town- but on the cusp of huge changes. This was at a time before […]

Danger!! Mines!!

Siem Reap, Cambodia, 3rd March, 2001: Excerpts from my diary that I just rediscovered: “We got a tri-shaw out to the land-mine museum…” “It was just a couple of shacks really, but loaded with defused mines of all shapes & sizes, makes & models- Russian/Chinese mostly- but also local….” “The guy who set it up […]

Border Country

Poipet, Cambodia, 2001: Crossing from Thailand into Cambodia was via an invisible line where the towns of Aranyaprathet (Thai) and Poipet (Cambodian) straddled the border. There was a visa scam at Cambodian passport control regarding whether you had particular vaccinations (yellow fever)- like it mattered… I managed to get through without paying a bribe by […]

Death Railway

Cambodia, March 2001: At Phnom Penh’s derelict railway station, it took some persuasion to be allowed to purchase tickets south. The crowded train chugged along at a crawl- fast enough to feel like we were moving, but slow enough as to not have to stop if people wanted to get on… or off. Sensible travellers […]