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18-JUL-2011 Dr. Joshua Ong

Vietnamese Refugee Camp

Batam/Galang, Indonesia

This is the place where Vietnamese refugees spent 10-12 years at a camp provided by the Indonesian government with financial support from the United Nation. Now, abandoned after so many years, the complex, which is now an open air museum, is falling apart. There are still remains of boats that the refugees used to travel south as they wanted to escape the wrath of North Vietnam that considered them as traitors. They built a small temple in honor of the gods that helped them. The last refugees left the camp in the 90s and migrated to various countries around the world. Some became financially successful in their adopted homeland. They came back and donated money to improve the temple on this island.

Leica M9 ,Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH II
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