Gallery Archives, page 8

I used to maintain some photo galleries that were separate from my blog. After a while I stopped creating new photo galleries—so I decided to import the photos into new (and sometimes existing) posts.

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and The Killing Fields

During my Second trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, I had the opportunity to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and The Killing Fields just outside of town.

view of Tuol Sleng
View of the Tuol Sleng compound

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Second trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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

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First trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

I traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in March 2003 to do some database work for the USAID mission there (just as I’ve done in Kazakhstan and Cambodia).

i wake up on the first morning and look out my window and this is what i see: the indian ocean!
i wake up on the first morning and look out my window in the sea cliff hotel and this is what i see: the indian ocean!

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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
Mountains over Alaska

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North Carolina Ice Storm of 2002

On the evening of December 4th, North Carolina was hit with an ice storm that knocked out power for more than a million customers, some of whom didn’t get their power, heat, hot water restored for over a week.

view out my front door on dec 4th
view out my front door on dec 4th
view out my front door on dec 5th
view out my front door on dec 5th

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