From Angkor Wat to French Colonization to Khmer Rouge Annhialation to New Beginnings on the horizon

For the last ten years, Cambodia was a country that was high of places I wanted to go. I had three main things that I always wanted to do here thus outlining my three goals:

1. Angkor Wat is a wonder of the world I have always wanted to see and the whole area impressed me even more than I dreamed out
2. A village girl from the Koy minority in Cambodia that I supported to go to school for five years as she was from a very poor village. I wanted to finally meet her.
3. The Killing Fields at Choeung Ek and the Tuol Sleng S21 Prison from the Cambodian Genocide during the Khmer Rouge Era

This country is very poor yet the people were always so friendly and warm and were eager to please. Sometimes it makes me think…..What does a person need to be happy? The answer is very little as many of these people live on dollars or less than a dollar a day, they are still able to live how they need. They have smiles on their faces and perhaps they are hiding something, but they do not complain about what they need. The following is quick blurbs with pics about what I encountered here from travels and speaking to people:

Siem Reap- Angkor Wat, Country Side, and Thy Sothi’s Village

Phnom Pehn-The Country Side, Cooking Class, and The brutal Genocide

Motorbikes, People, Tuk Tuks, and Markets

Examples of what you will see: