P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } More than a month after visiting these two places of undescribable atrocities: Tuol Sleng Prison and the Choeung Ek killing field in Cambodia, I've finally been able to write about the experience. Ghosts of Cambodia: S-21 Prison and Choeung Ek Killing Fields Note: If the links to the photos do not work, Go to the origional version at: http://steveschwarz.com/?p=2500 Tuol Sleng Prison (S-21) Cambodia - a land of stunning nat...

On December 18th we arrived in Australa from a 30 day visit to Cambodia. If you have been following our blog, you'd have read how much we enjoyed Cambodia - and all that is true. However, it wasn't until after we landed in Perth Australia that the After Taste of Cambodia hit. At somepoint in Cambodia, we all had some sort of intestinal 'issue', but this After Taste has nothing to do with food - it is entirely the history of Cambodia since it became Independant f...

(français dessous) Merry Christmas from Fremantle (Perth), Australia! We landed one week ago and quickly settled back into first world life. Compared to Cambodia there is a real lack of pedestrians and cyclists here as everyone is buckled away safely in their air conditioned cars. Its so much quieter though, which is nice and peaceful, yet it initially seemed dull and lifeless relative to southeast Asia. It is amazing here though and Steve's sister Nien and hu...

(Français dessous) Just a few days ago was the first time in 1 month that we were in a car (a taxi to the airport). Its been tuktuks or walking to get around cities/villages and it felt strange to watch the city go by behind a glass with no smells or noises. The traffic is crazy in Phnom Penh yet is surprisingly efficient. The trick is not to stop and everyone weaves around each other, against the traffic in the wrong lanes, through intersections (none of which...

(English will follow) Ça fait 10 jours qu'on est au village Chiro, près de la ville de Kampong Cham, entourer de champs de blé d'Inde, tabac et légumes. Notre petite maison d'une chambre est fabriqué de bambou et élever sur des pilotis. Elle a une toilette style asiatique (on verse l'eau avec une chaudière pour "flusher") et la douche est une grosse poubelle plein d'eau. Puisqu'on peut voir à travers le plancher et certain murs on y trouve une variété ...