a capital worthy of the name. It seems that the city was the pearl of Asia before the Pol Pot regime. We've been here three days and really like the atmosphere. Much more open than Bangkok, although it does not lack action. The children are really cute and some have many tricks to try to sell books, DVDs and other items. Maybe the fact that we found here bursts of French culture and language we've deceived? At least that is the mood of the people?
few visits already:
Wat Phnom Pagoda is in the center surrounded large trees which are the delight of the tiny republic of macaques who settled there. Warning! Do not get too close because the babies were quickly made to show the teeth. Cambodians seem to like to spend some time in the park. It offers to free caged birds for $ 1 in exchange for good karma (?).
15 km from Phnom Penh is Choeung Ek a place that reflects the barbarism and cruelty committed by the clique of Pol Pot. This extermination camp was 20,000 victims: men, women and children, including foreigners who failed to flee Cambodia. The evidence is horrific in the 129 graves and the excavation of approximately 8,000 human skulls and other bones. Remémmorer for victims as well as 2 million Cambodians were killed, the site now houses a memorial tomb built in 1988. If you want more information, see: http://www.cekillingfield.com/
National Museum of Phnom Penh : The Khmer art. Under the influence of two major Indian religions (Hinduism and Buddhism) the Khmer artists have created countless works of art depicting their deities, temples, and other symbolic objects for ceremonial use. However, this art is not a copy of the Indian style but a transformation original and clean. We can see in this museum complex objects with deep symbolism, I love it! The three periods are distict I. Pre-Angkorian (VI-VIII e th century). Angkorian Period II (IX e - e XIII century). III. Post Angkor (fourteenth century-present).
The best pieces: Ganesh with four arms seated on a turtle, Bayon style, late-twelfth s early thirteenth century Protector and preserver Vishnu, 2nd halves of VIè.s. While sandstone. Rama, hero of the Ramayana in schist. Siva or Shiva, God destroys the world. Cabin of junk-19è.s. rattan wood carved traditionnels.Malheureusement animal motifs, no pictures allowed inside. A photo of a statue outside above.
Tuol Seng : a former school converted into a prison (S-21) during the regime of the Khmer Rouge used to torture and kill all those who were against Angkar and innocent victims. Pictures of those who perished (adults, youth and children) are exposed and the individual cells and group were preserved with the tools of torture. Metal bars that the students used for exercise were used for torture victims to hang by the arms and then plunge their heads in a tub of dirty water. Cons below a picture of prison rules. The executioners kept scrupulously photos of victims before and after torture, a documentation center was retained. A place murky and confusing evidence that humans are capable of anything. When you see such atrocities, one wonders if the man is an animal or, more likely, to a lower rank.
few visits already:
Wat Phnom Pagoda is in the center surrounded large trees which are the delight of the tiny republic of macaques who settled there. Warning! Do not get too close because the babies were quickly made to show the teeth. Cambodians seem to like to spend some time in the park. It offers to free caged birds for $ 1 in exchange for good karma (?).
15 km from Phnom Penh is Choeung Ek a place that reflects the barbarism and cruelty committed by the clique of Pol Pot. This extermination camp was 20,000 victims: men, women and children, including foreigners who failed to flee Cambodia. The evidence is horrific in the 129 graves and the excavation of approximately 8,000 human skulls and other bones. Remémmorer for victims as well as 2 million Cambodians were killed, the site now houses a memorial tomb built in 1988. If you want more information, see: http://www.cekillingfield.com/
National Museum of Phnom Penh : The Khmer art. Under the influence of two major Indian religions (Hinduism and Buddhism) the Khmer artists have created countless works of art depicting their deities, temples, and other symbolic objects for ceremonial use. However, this art is not a copy of the Indian style but a transformation original and clean. We can see in this museum complex objects with deep symbolism, I love it! The three periods are distict I. Pre-Angkorian (VI-VIII e th century). Angkorian Period II (IX e - e XIII century). III. Post Angkor (fourteenth century-present).
The best pieces: Ganesh with four arms seated on a turtle, Bayon style, late-twelfth s early thirteenth century Protector and preserver Vishnu, 2nd halves of VIè.s. While sandstone. Rama, hero of the Ramayana in schist. Siva or Shiva, God destroys the world. Cabin of junk-19è.s. rattan wood carved traditionnels.Malheureusement animal motifs, no pictures allowed inside. A photo of a statue outside above.
Tuol Seng : a former school converted into a prison (S-21) during the regime of the Khmer Rouge used to torture and kill all those who were against Angkar and innocent victims. Pictures of those who perished (adults, youth and children) are exposed and the individual cells and group were preserved with the tools of torture. Metal bars that the students used for exercise were used for torture victims to hang by the arms and then plunge their heads in a tub of dirty water. Cons below a picture of prison rules. The executioners kept scrupulously photos of victims before and after torture, a documentation center was retained. A place murky and confusing evidence that humans are capable of anything. When you see such atrocities, one wonders if the man is an animal or, more likely, to a lower rank.
