First Trip to Cambodia - 2001 Photo Gallery by wandertheglobe at pbase.com

First Trip to Cambodia - 2001

This gallery chronicles my first trip to Cambodia in April 2001. It is more about the adventure itself rather than the photography. The photographs in this gallery are snapshots made using an Olympus 340R 1.3 mp digital camera (no Photoshop, etc.). The trip had such of an impact on me I wanted to share the journey.

The pictures are roughly in the order of my trip... The journey starts at the border at Poipet, travels over the legendary National Highway 5 via pickup truck, transfer to another pickup truck in Sissophon (now that was an adventure!). A very late night arrival and quick overnight in Battambang then the boat journey to Siem Reap early the next day arriving late in Siem Reap. After several days of temple hopping I spent several days with friends working for an NGO in Svay Rieng province. Finally ending with a brief stop in Phnom Penh.

If you have visited Cambodia before then you may find something here that brings back your own memories. If you have not yet visited Cambodia then perhaps you will be able to learn something about the country through this journey. I highly recommend "When the War was Over" by Elizabeth Becker for an overview of Cambodia's recent (last 50 years of so) history.

Thanks for visiting! Comments welcome. :)

Updated November 2007

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My first moto ride to Cambodia, 2001	Welcome to Cambodia, Poipet border	Poipet border, immigration point	Movement of goods
Travel Agency	Pickup truck was typical transportation in 2001	Road condition in Poipet	Poipet Service Station - Air for tires!
Road to Sisophon from Poipet, 2001	First night in Cambodia, Battambang	Boat Dock in Battambang	Sunrise at Boat Dock, Battambang
Small boat (first boat) Battambang to Siem Reap, Day 2	River life	Fishing nets	Along the river
House on the water?	Fixing the boat	Big Speed boat (2nd boat) on lake, Battambang to Siem Reap, later in Day 2	Arrival in Siem Reap - 7 Hours Later!
Room in Siem Reap	First Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat	Locals enjoying Angkor Wat
Checking out the camera	Inside Angkor Wat	View from the top	Fellow Photographers
Tourists	Bayon	Angkor Thom, view from top of Phimeanakas	Guard at Ta Prohm
Phnom Bakheng - view of Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat in miniture	Artesians	Carvings
Archelogical activities	Dig, dig, dig	Pieces of the puzzle	Ruins
Watch out!	Far outside of town	Road Construction	Siem Reap Church
School outside of Siem Reap	Pet gecko	Flooded Road	Flooded Market
Marketplace Flood	Rural area outside Siem Reap	Land Mine Museum, Siem Reap	Land Mine Museum, Siem Reap
Land Mine Museum, display	Airplane from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh	View from aircraft, Siem Riep to Phnom Penh	Flight to Phnom Penh
Vendors at the Neak Luong ferry	NGO Transportation	Rural Road, Svay Rieng Provence	Traditional Musicians
Having fun making traditional music	Svay Rieng	Country Store, Svay Rieng	Dry Rice Harvesting
Language teacher	Tree Farm	Irrigation methods	Svay Rieng villagers
Guard Monkey	Raising pigs	Cambodian road, Svay Rieng provience	Rice Bank on stilts
Rice Bank	Making concrete poles for buildings	Growing Veggies	Water well
Transporting more goods via bicycle	Lunch	Another excellent meal	Svay Rieng Province map
Phnom Penh traffic	Tuol Sleng	Tuol Sleng history	Tuol Sleng rules
Tuol Sleng Hallway, Phnom Penh	Converted Classroom	Victims of Khmer Rouge at Tuol Sleng	Victims of Khmer Rouge at Tuol Sleng
Victims of Khmer Rouge at Tuol Sleng	Khmer Rouge Victim at Tuol Sleng	Phnom Penh street, 2001	Phnom Penh street, 2001

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Guest		31-Jan-2006 17:08
Simply beautiful, wish I was back in Cambodia (even though I just returned a month ago) beautifully captured A+ check out my cambodia shots :) http://www.pbase.com/droonsta

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