Monday, October 5, 2009

Siem Reap's booksellers, Cambodia


                                

In Siem Reap you're bound to come across a push cart like this selling English language books. Most are manned by ex-soldiers, some of whom were maimed by land mines.
 
They're just trying to make ends meet in this  impoverished country. They are always on the lookout for tourists to buy their books. 
 
So, if you see them buy a book or two. Most of the titles are actually interesting, and surely there'll be one that will appeal to you. 

3 comments:

  1. A picture of isolation,
    quiet and calm,
    a lonely pushcart
    stands apart
    with its show of books,
    neatly placed
    by unseen hands.
    Undeterred, peaceful,
    amidst hope
    and a silence within.

    Pictures tell stories...

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  2. Thanks all for your comments.

    A poetic and fitting insight, Andy.

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