Diana van Oort
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siem reap 1996

Cambodia was still an unusual destination in 1996, but after looking at photos of Angkor for such a long time, I finally decided it was time to go. There was an uneasy quietness, but after dark you should be home. During the day I was one of the few visitors and I went around to watch the grandeur of this once powerful city. Children were playing and frolicking around and an old men was playing a Cambodian violin while some kids were practicing the famous apsara dancing. I wondered how he managed to survive the horrors of the Kmer Rouge... In that sense Cambodia was an emotional roller coaster: beautiful, amazing culture, versus the genocide that took place and that was still visible in so many eyes.
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  • articles
    • Latitudes.nu
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    • Vietnam >
      • North 1995/96/97
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      • South 2013
    • China >
      • China & Hongkong 1988
    • Burma >
      • Burma 2012/13
      • Burma 2015
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      • Cambodia 2015
      • Cambodia 1996
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      • Malacca Wangkang Ceremony 2012
      • Borneo - Sarawak 2015
      • Borneo - Sabah 2015
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