wat phnom. "phnom" means "hill" in khmer, so this is the temple on the hill.

shrine outside of wat phnom

elephant

monkeys!

monkeys in tree

monkeys playing with people and eating lotus flowers

view of the the temple on wat phnom

another view of the the temple on wat phnom

this is a glimpse of what most nicer phnom penh architecture looks like

and here's another view, very french colonial (think: new orleans)

not the best photo, but another view of phnom penh - shanties by the side of a gully

view of house and tour boats on the tonle sac river

view from my hotel room balcony of the naga floating casino on the confluence of the tonle sap and mekong rivers

an unpaved phnom penh street scene

a paved phnom penh street scene

woman and child riding moto (taken while i was riding a moto)

the only "SARS"-style masks i saw were in the airports and on motodups trying to keep the dust out of their mouths

butcher at the central market. note: the air was not conditioned

dried fish and vegetable sellers

another shot of the market

outdoor fruit vendor. the lychee fruit is very popular here (see it in the lower-right)

outdoor food vendor

Introduction to the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum

Security rules for prisoners of S-21

view of Toul Sleng

meticulous records were taken of every prisoner. here they are photographed before being executed. notice how young the girl on

here they are photographed after being executed (or having died after being tortured)

view of a large cell with bed, shackles, and photo

view of a small cell

of the estimated 14,000-21,000 people processed through S-21, only 7 survived. one man, a painter, has tried to capture scenes f

another gruesome act committed by the khmer rouge

a country road outside the city on the way to the killing fields (about 30km away)

two children riding a bike (snapped while I was zooming by on the back of a moto)

this is what the cambodian landscape looks like at the end of the dry season

sign describing a brief history of the killing fields

the commemorative stupa filled with skulls excavated from the killing fields

one row in the stupa filled with skulls

a few of almost 60 excavated burial sites

human bones sticking out of the ground

some khmer children living outside the killing fields