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Life in the Angkor rubbish dumps

Hundreds of people live in the Siem Reap rubbish dumps, just 30km away from the famous Angkor Wat, visited by millions of tourist every year. Siem...

by Omar Havana in Cambodia on 11/12/2011

Environment

Flooding in Cambodia

More than a million people are affected by floods covering nearly three quarters of the country's entire land area. Siem Reap, Cambodia. 29th...

by Colin Shafer in Cambodia on 29/10/2011

Our World

The People of Tonle Sap Lake - Cambodia

Tonle Sap lake hosts a series of remote settlements, some of which are built on stilts, while others float on the lake's surface, populated...

by Tommy Trenchard in Cambodia on 21/08/2010

11/12/2011 - Life in the Angkor rubbish dumps - Cambodia - Hundreds of people live in the Siem...
29/10/2011 - Flooding in Cambodia - Cambodia - More than a million people are affected...
21/08/2010 - The People of Tonle Sap Lake - Cambodia - Cambodia - Tonle Sap lake hosts a series of remote...
05/07/2010 - The ministry of killing pigs - Cambodia - Permission from the "Ministry of...
08/06/2010 - Workers salting lake fish in Cambodia for export to Thailand. - Cambodia - Family team work together salting lake...
24/12/2009 - Beer Garden Girls - Cambodia - DMTX. Images of Karaoke bars and the...
24/12/2009 - Blood or Money in Cambodia - Cambodia - DMTX. Blood banks are in scarce supply...
23/12/2009 - Shanghai Times - Cambodia - DMTX. A lounge bar decorated with...
23/12/2009 - Doner Kebab in Cambodia - Cambodia - DMTX. Street life in the evening in...
22/12/2009 - FUEL THEM UP! - Cambodia - Two times a week a group of special...

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Life in the Angkor rubbish dumps
Hundreds of people live in the Siem Reap rubbish dumps, just 30km away from the famous Angkor Wat, visited by millions of tourist every year. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Flooding in Cambodia
More than a million people are affected by floods covering nearly three quarters of the country's entire land area. Siem Reap, Cambodia. 29th November 2011
The People of Tonle Sap Lake - Cambodia
Tonle Sap lake hosts a series of remote settlements, some of which are built on stilts, while others float on the lake's surface, populated partly by ethnic Chams and Vietnamese, m...
The Children of Siem Reap
Child labour constitutes a key obstacle to achieving universal primary education and other Millennium Development Goals in Cambodia. Town of Siem Reap. Cambodia. 13/08/2009
Working children of Angkor, Cambodia
Children working around the Angkor temples, selling postcards and souvenirs. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. 11/08/2009
Buddhist Monk at the Ankor Temple
A monk waits for offerings in one of the many temples of Ankor. Siem Reap. Cambodia. 11/08/2009
The ministry of killing pigs
Permission from the "Ministry of Killing Pigs" is required before visiting a slaughterhouse on the outskirts of Siem Reap, famous for the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. 05/07/...
Workers salting lake fish in Cambodia for export to Thailand.
Family team work together salting lake fish in harsh conditions for export to Thailand. Siem Reap, Cambodia. March 2010.
Cambodia's Legacy of Landmines
DMTX. More than 30 years after the wars in Vietnam and Cambodia, Cambodia is still plagued by unexploded landmines and ordinance. Nearly every day a mine or bomb is detonated killing an...
Police Corruption in Cambodia
DMTX. Police corruption near the tourist-trap of Angkor Wat temples is prolific and many tourists are forced to pay a premium in order to cross Police checkpoints. Siem Reap, Cambodia. ...
Shanghai Times
DMTX. A lounge bar decorated with lanterns and statues inspired by 1930's Shanghai. Siem Reap, Cambodia. 23/12/09.
Blood or Money in Cambodia
DMTX. Blood banks are in scarce supply in Cambodia and here donations really will save lives. The Kantha Bopha Children Hospital in Siem Reap, are always looking for blood donors to hel...
Beer Garden Girls
DMTX. Images of Karaoke bars and the girls who work in them around Siem Reap, Cambodia. 24/12/2009.
Doner Kebab in Cambodia
DMTX. Street life in the evening in Siem Reap, where after a busy day looking around temples, tourists can savour the delights of many different types of food, even a Doner Kebab. Siem ...
FUEL THEM UP!
Two times a week a group of special forces hits downtown Siem Reap for the local gas station on their mix of motorbikes. 22/12/09. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Cambodian Monk listens to iPod
DMTX. Cambodian Buddhist monk listening to an iPod in Ankor Wat temple complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia. 14/06/2006.
The Slaughterhouse
A pig slaughterhouse in Cambodia, depicting the unconvetional method of slaughter. Siem Reap, Cambodia. 01/12/2009.
Road Works
Series about work on the road in Siem Reap
Cambodia - the forgotten world
Ketsana typhoon left 15 people dead in Angkor Wat, Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
Siem Reap Under Typhoon Ketsana
Thousand of homes are being destroyed by the power of Ketsana. Streets normally packed with tourist, today are cover by water. A the only expression in the Cambodian faces is What we ca...