Uber amazing Cambodia!

Friendly monks near their Wat.


Influence of French colonial architecture in Phnom Penh.
At first I was really impressed with the city.. Parisianne style cafes, trendy bars scattered along the riverfront, beautiful buildings. After exploring the city a little further poverty cries out everywhere. Children from the age of 5 or 6 years are begging on the streets or trying to sell anything to make money for their parents.. or whoever is taking care of them. A woman sat on the street with her two children lying on a mat.. babies. We visited an orphanage who were funded by a non-profit making restaurant in the city. I was shocked at how happy the children were.. full of life, eagar to learn English, draw or hop around! Many had been rescued from the streets and were happy to have new brothers and sisters and cheerful staff who volunteered to spend time with them. Though they did not have beds to sleep on they had a life on which to build.