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Perfect Phnom Penh

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Phnom Penh Royal Palace
At public park outside Phnom Penh Royal Palace

Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh has no reputation of romantic Paris; the Cambodian capital city doesn’t even have a hundred spires as Prague. But before long, it was, at least, known as the Pearl of Asia, while Vietnam’s Saigon was called the Pearl of the Far East.

Phnom Penh
Perfect Phnom Penh, an online photo community for passionated Phnom Penh photographers, is now 26 months old. The group, on photo sharing site Flickr, has 126 people; and as of writing this, there are 849 photographs sent to the group’s pool. Please take a look at this.

Barack Obama in Cambodia

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

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… at least virtually

Barack Obama in Cambodia
US Democrats in Cambodia

Date taken: November 5th, 2008
at Foreign Correspondents Club in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Barack Obama for Vietnam

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Barack Obama for Vietnam
Barack Obama for Vietnam

Hun Sen book found at a bookstore in Vietnam
At one of 30 Fahasa bookstores in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam