Welcome to Cambodia: From War Zone to Tourist Destination
Paul K. Cummings
Bophana Center (online exhibition)
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It doesn’t feel so long ago that I visited Anlong Veng on my way to Preah Vihear temple. En route, in a humble roadside wooden shack, I had eaten a breakfast I still think about often: rice and a perfectly fried egg with a generous, runny yolk and a bit of glutamate sprinkled over it for flavour. I also remember the Cambodian friend who was travelling with me didn’t much like it there. The place was still tainted with the memories of Pol Pot’s last days, and we were outsiders. I was the only foreign tourist we would see all day until we went back to our hostel in Siem Reap, nearly 130 kilometres away.

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