Gonna try and spend some time blogging later. We’ve been on a torrid pace the last two days and haven’t had a chance to spend any time on the computer. As I’m typing, I’m already late to meet the van for a trip up north and won’t be back till this evening. In the meantime, […]
We’ve had a full couple of days in Cambodia. On Monday, we went to the Killing Fields Memorial and Museum outside of Phnom Penh, visited the infamous Khmer Rouge prison called S-21 and then went on to a full afternoon of meetings with the World Relief Cambodia staff. Kevin Kubota put some haunting images and
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Here are some pictures Kevin Kubota sent my way (that’s him on the left below) from Day 1 yesterday in Cambodia. They are from Angkor Wat and the other ancient temples around the city of Siem Reap. Fun to be traveling with some amazing photographers!
In mid 1975, Saloth Sar (later renamed by himself, Pol Pot) became the leader of Cambodia. Pol Pot was the head of the Khmer Rouge, a socialist rebel group who had taken control of Cambodia. He set out to “cleanse” Cambodia and enforce a strict agrarian socialism (empty the cities and make everyone work in
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I’m sitting in the Seattle airport waiting to get on a flight to Seoul, South Korea and then on to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I’m heading out with videographer Beth Fischer, photographer Kevin Kubota and Marianne Bach, an Antioch intern from last Summer, who is both a videographer and photographer. In Cambodia we’ll be meeting up
