Phnom Penh 2019
 

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I spent only 3 full days in Phnom Penh. It's probably the least popular city in Asia for tourists. But I would like to stay there a month--imagine how much there is to discover in this city of over 2 million souls.
 
 
 
This is sublime art photography, because it cleverly evokes the idea that there is very little spiritualism in materialistic Phom Penh. Note how the motorbikes are prominent and the Buddha statue is relegated to the end of the hallway. And be amazed at how the grey cement symbolizes the material development of the city. Sometimes my creative genius surprises me. ;)
 
 
 
 
 
Preah Siswat Quay, on Tonle Sap River.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Where the Mekong (upper in the photo) meets the Tonle Sap (lower).
 
 
 
 
 
The courtyard of the National Museum of Cambodia
 
 
 
 
 
The garden at the center of the National Royal University of Arts
 
 
 
 
A student production at the National Royal University of Arts
 
 
 
 
 
On New Year's Eve seemingly everyone in Phom Penh came down to the Royal Palace on the river front for festivities. Here, on Preah Siswat Quay Street, and in the lanes feeding onto it, it was obvious that there was nowhere to advance, but they kept on sitting there, motors idling, and I'm sure eventually dying by the thousands from asphyxiation. (They must have cleaned all the corpses away during the night, because I didn't see any the next morning.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The morning after
 
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