Ten years ago

9 years ago when I first came to Cambodia I fell in love with it. I came to see Angkor Wat but left having been besotted by the people and the countryside and the optimism for a group of people who had been through hell. Between 1975 and 1979 more than 2 million Cambodians were killed by the Khmer Rouge A failed scheme that sought to turn a developing country into an agrarian paradise became a place of despair and horror 25% of the population died in those 5 years ..think about that. 25% of the population. Since I first visited the country It is clearly more prosperous , overrun with tourists a tad bit less optimistic but still a group of people determined to survive and care for their families. I love Cambodia and though tourism is making its historic sites less accessible and more expensive its still a place to visit and support its development