A Change of Guard

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Wednesday 24 August 2011

Villagers react to troop withdrawal

Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Jean Carrere
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Photo by: Jean Carrere
Seri Lom, whose brother is enrolled in the Cambodian military, sits with his wife Seri Sam and their two children in Sra Kedol village.
Phnom Penh Post

At the top of Preah Vihear temple, the 11th century Hindu site that’s been at the centre of border tensions between Cambodia and Thailand since violent clashes erupted there in February, 24-year-old Akin Rith lights up yet another cigarette.

“I smoke too much when I have nothing to do,” he says. And “nothing” is right. While Akin Rith has been working as a tour guide at the temple since 2008, his business has all but vanished, with few tourists visiting the area for him to offer his English-led tours to. He says that making a living as a tour guide in Cambodia is difficult enough, without the added trauma of having border disputes interfere with the daily lives of thousands around him. Read the whole article and see more beautiful pictures here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't smoke too much if you don't have anything to do...Well, find something to do dumbass! Smoking is bad and kills your lung stupid asshole...

Anonymous said...

There's lot of thing you could do at home...farming, fishing, construction works, building something, boat, canoe, fixing motor bike...don't just smoke?