First trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia

I traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia in January 2003 to do work for the USAID Mission there.

Mountains over Alaska

Our first sight of land 12 hours later: the mouth of the Tone River entering the Pacific at Chōshi, Japan (on the way to Tokyo-Narita International Airport)

View of outlying Bangkok from the air (Bang Pakong River near Bang Krut) — Outside Bangkok from the air (Bang Pakong River at Bang Krut)

The paddies outside Bangkok

Cambodia from the air — The Cambodian landscape from above

Cute Cambodian village

Phnom Penh from my hotel room---kind of gives you a feeling of what the buildings look like — Phnom Penh from my hotel room—kind of gives you a feeling of what the buildings look like

View of the Old National Assembly building from my hotel room in Phnom Penh — View of the Old National Assembly building from my hotel room

Family of four on a moto in front of the Chan Chhaya Pavilion of the <a href= — Family of four on a moto in front of the Chan Chhaya Pavilion of the Royal Palace

cambodian street kids — Cambodian street kids

Motos!

Petrol in coke bottles by the side of the road (for motos) — Petrol in Coke bottles by the side of the road (for motos)

People cooking, selling stuff by the side of the road

Cart with stuff to sell

A gate of the Royal Palace

Motodups and the Royal Palace

Chan Chhaya Pavilion of the Royal Palace

phnom penh street scene — Phnom Penh street scene

Something burning in the aftermath of the riots

House boats on the Mekong River

Shacks on the banks of the Mekong River — Shacks on the banks of the Mekong

Note: These photos originally appeared in my photo galleries.

5 Comments

Cambodian student in USA

Jul 8, 2009 9:56am

traditional architecture (Wat Ounalom)
That is not WAT OUNALOM, that is our Ryal Palace viewed from the front. It is absolutely not a WAT!!!!

Jul 8, 2009 10:17am

Thanks for the feedback. I corrected the caption.

Feb 14, 2011 7:35pm

I just went back through the captions in this old post and embellished them with additional detail, links, etc.

joey keo

Apr 20, 2011 9:02pm

beauty full never seen before… :)

oudom

Jul 22, 2011 7:59am

thank for all of you which say about Cambodia. On behalf of Cambodia we are love our culture or together.