Cambodia Highlights ... yay

Welcome to my Cambodia pictures... I'll walk you through my journey.

This is a picture of the Throne Hall (Preah Tineang tevea Vinichhay) in the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The second picture is a model of Ankor Wat, the symbol of Khmer pride, the great temple built in AD1100's at the height of the Ankor Empire. Behind the model on left is a little house on a stand. It is a 'spirit house' where many Buddhist/animists make offerings to appease the spirits. You can find spirit houses everywhere in Southeast Asia, its presence symbolized the invisible spiritual oppression of Satan.

The typical day in Phnom Penh, the heavy morning air filled with burning trash on the sides of streets, mix with beckoning aroma of the Khmer breakfast, and bustling scenes of business dealings, along with stench of the motor exhaust... ahhh, so full of life! The next picture is a woman sorting through rice to hand pick out impurities. Khmer rice is special, like other Asian rices, it has a special aroma and consistency.

The village, and me on a bamboo bridge! It was bouncy!

Skinny cow, and a poor rendition of the 'spirit house.' Some salted fish, a Khmer stable, they eat this with rice. That is what gets most village people through life.

Beautiful village kids.

Middle class housing... no railings. Kids at a school. Go back to class!

Ankor Wat, this is where my camera died.

Ta Prohm. Go ahead, crush those stone Mr. Tree!

All creation groan waiting for the sons of God to be revealed. I believe it.