Cambodia for Sale

“I loved the deal from the start. Let’s be honest, who wants 6%? I wanted a deal that would wake me up in the night, sweating. We could make good money,” he says over drinks in Phnom Penh, his City suit exchanged for shorts and a T-shirt. “There was a buzz about Cambodia you don’t get elsewhere. It’s Cambodia, the killing fields and all that stuff. Something different to show your mates back home. I show them the visa in my passport. I have something they don’t.”

Country for sale — Guardian.

by Christopher A. Wise at Thu May 08 10:23:21 UTC 2008 (ed. May 8 2008) Bangkok, Thailand | Bookmark this | Digg this |

John, any comments….it_{s a depressing article…makes me increasingly discouraged and depressed to be a part of the affluent West….
for those whod like to see first hand the desimation of much of these folks homes, please refer to John VinkÇ
http://www.johnvink.com/
his project, QUEST FOR LAND, which has painstakingly and intimately and humanely documented the entire process of land lost in Cambodia over the last 8 years, is one of the seminal works of Documentary PHotography of the last 10 years (imho)...those not familiar, or those pissed by the facts as they are as outlined in the Guardian article, should see John~s work, forthwith…
thanks Christopher for the link.
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