There is more to Cambodia then what is to be seen through the tunnelled view of the foreign temple visitor.

Cambodia is known for its vast areas of ancient temple sites in the Siam Reap area. To a lesser extent also for the tragedy of Khmer Rouge rule. The former has in the meantime made it an internationally acclaimed tourist destination, the latter the subject of research of a handful of historians.
My picture is framed by the mouth of a huge water tunnel made up of many colours representing all the people, nations and religious communities of the world that visit our temple sites. The water tunnel also conjures up the image of farming, still the livelihood of the majority of the Cambodians. I have set the famous Bayon temple with its four-sided faces in the middle of my picture or at the end of the tunnel. The temple has seen centuries of war, yet still it stands firm.
But there is more to Cambodia then what is to be seen through the tunnelled view of the foreign temple visitor.