Sihanoukville island sunset – Cambodia

Sihanoukville island sunset – Cambodia

This Island Sunset picture was ‘painted’ recently whilst here in Sihanoukville.

There’s a hole in my mouth – Cambodia

There’s a hole in my mouth – Cambodia

It started 3/4 into some pork fried rice a loud crack. That startled me – cos it was in my fuckin’ mouth. My tongue lapped around and caressed a jagged edge.

Street guy gets a meal – Koh Kong, Cambodia

Street guy gets a meal – Koh Kong, Cambodia

Was drinking a can of beer with my street food dish of noodles (with fried egg, greens, 2 shrimps and bit of squid) when this ragged street guy wanders up to a nearby kiosk of roast meat and innards and just stares longingly into it for 10 minutes … the video says the rest.

Angkor ’94 – lost temples of Cambodia

Angkor ’94 – lost temples of Cambodia

It was a crazy and dangerous time with the Khmer Rouge guerrillas still active and killing people – including 7 foreigners – back then; the temples were empty and silent and alittle spooky, monsoonal afternoons, birds, occasional gunfire – it was still mined and soldiers, checkpoints, tanks around as decades of war surrounded the temples, and in the hills were the KR.

Greetings from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Greetings from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

In a city where – taxi-girls – working women are by far the best blankets, where the pizzas are HAPPY – laced with marijuana, where bar cocktails include Viagra and red bull …

Mondulkiri Elephant Village – Cambodia

Mondulkiri Elephant Village – Cambodia

The killing of a country – Phnom Penh #2, Cambodia

June 1994 | Tonight, as I rest on my bed and write, I feel uneasy, still queasy, you see, I’ve several reasons for feeling sick. Earlier I’d bought a hard-boiled egg from a street vendor. I sat on a stool beside her bucket as she cracked the shell, then handed [...]

City under shadow – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

June 1994 | From the balcony of this run-down hotel I gaze along the street to where the pace of life is slow, calm, nonchalant – as dense, creeping grey slowly smothers the sun and sky. Another monsoonal rain-rage shadows the city, threatening to spill. For an hour I’ve watched [...]