exploring Phnom Penh
Once again it is evening and we've had a very busy day. In the morning we toured Phnom Penh Bible College. I chatted with a lady on faculty who is a Khmer Rouge camp survivor. She is around 52 and spent from 12 years of age to 15 in a camp. She says she lost her childhood and seemed rather broken.
In the afternoon we explored the city and had a river cruise. I learned a lot about "boat people" who live on the river bank. These are Vietnamese to whom the government will not issue citizenship. They have been living there for a generation. Phnom Penh is, as I have said earlier a city teeming with life and the craziest traffic ever. Sadly whole chunks of this city are being bought up by the Chinese. Cambodians hate high rises and yet there are many. Apparently they have all been built in the last 5 years. In many ways they are upsetting the balance of Cambodian society.
The river cruise was compliments of CRC Resonate!
In the afternoon we explored the city and had a river cruise. I learned a lot about "boat people" who live on the river bank. These are Vietnamese to whom the government will not issue citizenship. They have been living there for a generation. Phnom Penh is, as I have said earlier a city teeming with life and the craziest traffic ever. Sadly whole chunks of this city are being bought up by the Chinese. Cambodians hate high rises and yet there are many. Apparently they have all been built in the last 5 years. In many ways they are upsetting the balance of Cambodian society.
The river cruise was compliments of CRC Resonate!
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