In May of 2003 I traveled back to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to continue some work I had started there in January. The trip was two weeks long, affording opportunities to visit the genocide museum and the killing fields, as well as the ruins of Angkor.

Wat Phnom: “phnom” means “hill” in khmer, so this is the temple on the hill (after which Phnom Penh is named)

Shrine outside of Wat Phnom

Another view of Wat Phnom

Monkeys in tree

Monkeys playing with people and eating lotus flowers

A glimpse of what some Phnom Penh architecture looks like

Another view, very French-colonial (think: New Orleans)

Shanties by the side of a gully in Phnom Penh

View of tour boats on the Tonle Sap river

The Naga floating casino (at the confluence of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers) as seen from my hotel room balcony

An unpaved Phnom Penh street scene

A paved Phnom Penh street scene

Woman and child riding a moto (taken while I was on the back of a moto)

Butcher at the Central Market—note: the air was not conditioned

Dried fish and vegetable sellers at the Central Market

Another shot at the Central Market

Outdoor fruit vendor

Outdoor food vendor

Note: I moved the photos I took of The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and The Killing Fields into a separate post.

Note: These photos originally appeared in my photo galleries.

• The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and The Killing Fields
• cambodia pictures
• i am now in austin texas
• Thinking back on Cambodia
• from phnom penh: monday 19:12

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