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Floods can be fun… In front of the Royal Palace today… But hopefully the big drainpipes which are being installed in the area will let the rainwaters flow into the Tonle Sap more easily.

Opening of The Absence of Architecture exhibition, part of the In Transition event at the Meta House (6 street 264, Phnom Penh) tonight at 6pm.
Here is the accompanying text:
“The Absence of Architecture
In 1962, 10.3 percent of the population was living in the cities in Cambodia. In 2008 it is 15.7 percent. There is no reason it’ll […]

I’ll be away from my email connection and difficult to reach by phone from August 26th until Sept 1st. Finally out in the bushes again somewhere…

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 28/02/1999: VIP’s waiting for Mr Hun Sen, Prime Minister, arriving from donor’s meeting in Tokyo     

Sent DVD’s x 396 images of latest production to Magnum…

CAMBODIA. Prasat Preah Vihear (Preah Vihear). 21/07/2008: Cambodian soldier at bordergate at foot of 11th century temple listed as UNESCO World Heritage during military stand-off for border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia. 

Shot a small story for Ka-set yesterday (VIJ2008053G) on Philippe Sébire who is organising khmer boxing workshops in Cambodia for French amateur boxers who want to get some immersion in the origins of the combat technique. It’ll be published some time next week.

As a reminder: a multimedia slideshow on khmer boxing can be found here […]

 
Sorry for the absence.
I’m reconnected now and will try to  catch up on this blog: elections are well under way.

Today monday I will be on my way to Brussels (yes: Belgium) and unable to connect to the Internet for a few days… Means no updates on this weblog and quite some email backlog..
 

This weblog will not be available for a short while on monday morning (local) for some software update reasons. Take a rest. Take a walk. Take your eyes away from your screen.