Lots to write about. Event more to show. For now- some behind the scenes shots.
“When you do the work I do, you don’t find yourself sitting in the office as much” – Mu Sochua
Field work.
Vietnamese border | still day three
I’ve been in Cambodia for four days now and 2000 shutter clicks later I find myself in Battambang.
Yesterday’s 9 hour adventure to the Vietnamese border was both thrilling and exhausting. You could feel the energy as we raced through the villages in a convoy of 4×4 wheel drives leaving a huge cloud of dust behind us.
Having come across the first of many road blocks (tractor with taken off wheels), we had to hop on motos in order to spare the 5km hike. Within minutes we encounter the next road bloack. This time a entire bridge barricaded with farming equipment and filled with corrupt peasants that were determined not to let us through. Nevertheless, within moments we made our way across the river by simply taking off our shoes and walking through the waist deep water…
Cambodia- Vietnamese border | day three
Lawmakers from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party said Wednesday that they would defy a government order and travel today to Takeo province’s Borei Cholsa district to investigate encroachment allegations against Vietnam. On Tuesday, National Assembly President Heng Samrin said the group would not be permitted to travel to the area while demarcation was in process. But party spokesman Yim Sovann said at least 16 lawmakers would make the trip to border post No 270, which villagers claim has been planted in Cambodian territory. “No people’s representative who goes to help people must ask permission,” he said at a press conference Wednesday. “We must visit [to see] whether [demarcation] affects people’s land or not.” Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said defiance on the part of the SRP would be illegal as well as inconsistent with democratic procedure. “The authorities will take legal action if they would go because the authorities respect the law,” he said. He added that the SRP should take the issue of border demarcation up with the government
[The Phnom Penh Post]
