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Cambodia 2005

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Siam Reap cont.. a well earned beer in The Red Piano Bar (Angelina Jolie's favourite bar whilst filming 'Tomb Raider')
Evening meal in the Foreign Correspondents Club	our last morning in Siam Reap
the happy shoppers	the 'Golden Girls'
	a poster encouraging people to give up their weapons
on the way to the Land Mines Museum	Land Mines Museum
a small museum that is run by Aki Ra for the benefit of land mine victims in Cambodia	Aki Ra goes regularly into the rural areas of Cambodia to help clear the mines.  There are an estimated 3 million mines still to be cleared and every day many people either die or lose legs or arms.
He has some 20 orphans and young victims of land mines living in and supported by the museum.  see: www.cambodialandminemuseum.org
	the reality of a landmine in a painting
	the fortitude of these injured children is amazing.  When explaining his injuries one small boy put his missing limb predicament into context  'no die, no worry..'  his sister and brother were both killed in the blast that disabled him.
	nit picking
a slighly macabre form of decoration	back to the hotel in a convoy of tuk tuks
	a reminder that this country still faces many challenges that are alien to us
time to leave our beautiful hotel.  All the staff came to line up and wave us off.
Last night in Phnom Penh Ian gave a thank you address to Sue our leader on behalf of the group.  We ate at 'Friends' restaurant, a charity that rehabilitates and trains street children in many skills.  see www.streetfriends.org
Sue our tour leader who made it such a fun trip..thank you	Bushisms sign in the toilet at Friends
the view from the Foreign Correspondents Club, Phnom Penh as we had our final drink in Cambodia.	building this site in Penang...but that's another story.....

Cambodia has been fantastic.  Beautiful people and stunning architecture.  It is moving and developing so fast that the changes will/may impact on the open and friendly nature of the people.  They deserve to grow and be successful, they have suffered so much.

On to Malayasia