Remembering Cambodia

Survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, an artist

Our schedule over the past couple of weeks has been crazy; after leaving India we were at sea for only 3 days before arriving in Singapore where we stayed for only 2 days, one night. After setting sail we had no class days and just one "reading day" at sea before arriving in Vietnam.  Most people on board traveled away from Saigon to either Cambodia or Hanoi.  Then, when we left Vietnam we had only 3 days at sea before reaching Hong Kong.  I write this entry as we are now in our last day in Shanghai.  Thus, I am a bit behind in my blogs.

In front of the Palace

Sandy and I traveled to Cambodia where we spent a couple of days each in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)-- both were terrific.  While in Phnom Penh activities included a boat ride on the Mekong River, visits to the palace, the detention building (formerly an elementary school) for those who were killed during the Khmer Rouge period (1975-79), and the Killing Fields, just outside the city.  Most of the students on our trip were quite ignorant of this tragic period in Cambodian history.

On the Palace grounds

Sandra heading out to the boat for our river cruise

Palace water lily