Cambodia

The legacy of the Khmer Rouge and the civil war is still everywhere: countless beggars, many of them maimed by landmines (much of the country is still dangerous territory), orphanages everywhere, still ruined downtown, or the hair-raising Tuol Sleng Genocide museum.

Phnomh Penh would be a rather depressing ending to our Cambodian visit, but the timing is lucky: it’s late October, time of the Water festival, when over a million Cambodians descend on the capital.