Cambodia is, without a doubt, one of the most emotionally-rivetting places I've ever been. Traveling here over the last two weeks has been a roller coaster of highs and lows, hurtling me from one to another with only moments in between. There are moments of delight in face of the beautiful scenery - lush vistas of green grass, red earth, blue sky, mirrored waters, and simple but beautiful thatched homes, surrounded by the idyllic figures of farmers and their beautiful children (for Cambodian children are everywhere, and they truly are amongt the most beautiful people I've seen), followed just as quickly by pity, pain, and, I'm ashamed to admit it, repugnance at "cities"of shacks, garbage, open sewers, and the people forced to try to scratch out an existance in them. Times of total bliss, sharing a
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