Banners and borders
Spent the last three days going and coming to Preah Vihear… There was a ceremony announced that UNESCO would raise a banner at the 11th century World Heritage temple which is in the middle of a border controversy between Cambodia and Thailand. It turned out the ceremony was organised by the Cambodian National Council for UNESCO, and not really by UNESCO itself…That other ceremony is supposed to take place in December. But I guess that two days before important peace talks take place between both parties in Siem Reap raising a banner helps Cambodians to make a point…
CAMBODIA. Prasat Preah Vihear (Preah Vihear). 8/11/2008: Soldier preparing a flag raising ceremony organised by the Cambodian National Council for UNESCO, a few days before high level peace talks in Siem Reap, and one month before the official UNESCO ceremony.
Otherwise everything is quiet on the frontline…
CAMBODIA. Prasat Preah Vihear (Preah Vihear). 8/11/2008: Thai soldier preparing breakfast on the frontline.
CAMBODIA. Prasat Preah Vihear (Preah Vihear). 8/11/2008: Khmer soldier on the frontline with a scarf supposed to protect him from ennemy bullets. Some 100 scarves were given to the frontline soldiers by their commander.
The annoying thing is you spend 2x 12h on dangerous roads with irresponsible taxi drivers to get there, and accomodation in Sra Em, at the foot of the cliff, is quite basic…
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