Cambodia

Moc Bai, Vietnam-Cambodia border Bronze artwork of Cambodian Apsara Dancers at the Moc Bai border station, Moc Bai, Cambodia.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Monks in front of a temple structure at the Phnom Penh waterfront.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia A closer view of the S-21 Prison (Tuol Sleng) in Phnom Penh. At any one time, the prison held between 1,000–1,500 prisoners. Prisoners' families were often brought en masse to be interrogated and later murdered at the Choeung Ek extermination center.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Choeung Ek Memorial Stupa south of Phnom Penh.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Inside Choeung Ek Memorial Stupa south of Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Inside Choeung Ek Memorial Stupa south of Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Lotus flower at The Royal Palace in Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument in central Phnom Penh. Built after the Cambodian–Vietnamese War in the late 1970s.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia A house in a village outside Phnom Penh.

Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia Women stripping reeds for basket and wicker weaving . In the background is one of the Sambor Prei Kuk pre-Angkorian temples. These ruins in Kampong Thom Province are about 500 years older than the Angkor ruins. They were the former Khmer city of Isanapura, the capital of the pre-Angkorian Khmer Kingdom known from ancient Chinese chronicles as Chenia.

Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia Another pre-Angkor temple in the ruins of Sambor Prei Kuk in Kampong Thom Province.The cracks in this building were caused by B-52 bombers dropping bombs on the area during the American-Vietnam War, and bomb craters can still be seen throughout the ruins.

Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia A Strangler Fig Tree enveloping a temple structure at the pre-Angkorian ruins at Sambor Prei Kuk in Kampong Thom Province.

Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia The red dirt road through the small village where we stayed in Kampong Thom Province.

Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia A typical cart that traveled down the red dirt road through the small village where we stayed in Kampong Thom Province.

Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia A local village resident in our small village in Kampong Thom Province.

Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia More local village residents in our small village in Kampong Thom Province.

Spean Brab Tes Bridge, Cambodia Horse drawn cart crossing Spean Brab Tes Bridge

near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia Approaching a fishing village near Tonlé Sap Lake. This lake is the largest in Southeast Asia. The Tonlé Sap River has the rare distinction of reversing flow direction when it can no longer drain into the Mekong River during rainy season.

near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia Houses in the fishing village we visited near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia

near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia A young boy who lives in the fishing village we visited near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia.

near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia A kid in the fishing village near Tonlé Sap Lake. I was surprised by her blonde hair and wondered where those genes came from, but I was told that her parents died her hair so she would look more "western".

near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia A father holds up his baby as we walk by in the fishing village near Tonlé Sap Lake.

near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia Kids in the fishing village near Tonlé Sap Lake.

near Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia A grill smoking fish in the fishing village near Tonlé Sap Lake.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Apsara dancers in Siem Reap.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Angkor Wat at dawn.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Angkor Wat

Siem Reap, Cambodia Carvings of Apsara dancers at Angkor Wat.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Sleeping horseman at Angkor Wat.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Faces at Angkor Thom.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Faces at Angkor Thom.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Ta Prohm temple ruins at Angkor.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Ta Prohm temple at Angkor with Strangler Fig Tree roots growing over the ruins. (Ta Prohm was the temple where the movie "Tomb Raider" was filmed).

Siem Reap, Cambodia Third Enclosure Gallery at Angkor's Ta Prohm temple.

Siem Reap, Cambodia Third Enclosure Gallery at Angkor's Ta Prohm temple. Before reconstruction, these columns were a jumble of stone blocks (see Before and After picture)

Siem Reap, Cambodia Before and After photo posted at the Third Enclosure Gallery at Angkor's Ta Prohm temple.

Cambodia Banteay Srei (Women's Citadel) Although quite small, this temple is noted for its finely carved details in red sandstone. It was the site of one of the first restoration efforts of the ancient Khmer ruins between 1931-1936. 20 km north of Angkor

Cambodia Detailed carvings above a doorway at Banteay Srei (Women's Citadel)

Siem Reap, Cambodia Aerial of Angkor Wat (taken from helicopter over the ruins)

Siem Reap, Cambodia Aerial of Angkor Wat (taken from helicopter over the ruins).