On a lighter note... Phnom Penh photos
writing in Hue, Vietnam

We had a lovely bike ride through the Vietnamese countryside today. Pictures to follow once I look through them. Meantime, here are some photos from Phnom Penh. We spent one afternoon touring the palace. Trying to flesh out the history of the country, we asked our guide what life was like under Japanese occupation in the early 1940s. She didn't know, she said. But her mother had told her that many girls would make themselves look ugly in order to avoid advances by Japanese soldiers.




As we walked out of the palace, a huge golden Buddha on the back of truck drove by.



We again met up with Sharad, Minaxi, and Deval, and joined them for dinner along the main boulevard by the river.