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CambodiaCambodia
The Kingdom of The Kingdom of WonderWonder
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Contents
• Cambodia and Me• General facts about the
country• The journey to the
country• My new family• Climate, traffic• Society• The Khmer Rouge• Angkor• My experience and
summary
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Cambodia and Me
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General facts about the country
• Location: in East Asia, it borders Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
• Population: over 14 million,mostly Khmer people
• Religion: 95% of the population is Buddhist, the others are Christian
• Capital: Phnom Penh
• Official language: Khmer, English and French are widely used
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The journey to the country
• Travel arrangements– Austrian Airlines (from
Vienna to Bangkok)
– Bangkok Airways (from Bangkok to Phnom Penh)
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My host family
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Mona
• Hungarian, who spent 10 years in the USA, 10 years In Asia
• Works at the Oxfam America, East Asia Regional Office
• Position: Deputy Regional Manager
• Her husband Champ, their son Mathe
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Champ
• Thai, lived in Thailand, spent 3 years in Cambodia
• Works as a teacher, in his own nursery school
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Zénó
• A Hungarian, 10 years old boy
• Mona’s and Champ’s nephew
• Travelled with Me to Cambodia
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Mathe
• 3 years old boy• Mona’s and Champ’s
son
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Climate
• It’s dominated by the annual monsoon cycle
• Seasons: cool and dry, hot and dry, hot and wet, cool and wet
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The traffic
• Very undeveloped• The roads: dirt roads
in the countryside, avenues in the capital
• Cambodian’s means of transports: motorcycles, bicycles, buses, cars, tuk-tuks
• Foreigners: cars
• They don’t follow the Highway Code
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Society
• Cambodian people-Khmer
• Their language: Khmer• Religion: Buddhism• Main occupations:
agriculture, work in the households of foreigners
• Poverty
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Society
• Foreigners• Different nations
• Language: English
• Work for the embassies, United Nations, different foundtaions
• Much better living standard
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The Khmer Rouge
• Khmer Rouge: the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, the totalitarian ruling party in Cambodia
• Led by Pol Pot• Their agricultural reform
caused famine, diseases• Brutal executions and torture
(1.5 million executed)• Anti-intellectual policy• Resistance movement from
Thailand• The KR was removed by the
Socialist Republic Of Vietnam
• Now: Cambodia is constitutional monarchy
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Angkor
• Served as the seat of the Khmer Empire
• Angkor means city
• The ruins are located in the jungle
• They are the Unesco World Heritage Site
• More than one thousand temples
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Angkor• The seat of the Khmer
Empire (AD 802- 1431)
• Every king built a temple for his favourite gods
• The Khmer Empire: almost the strongest country in Asia
• Religious purposes: Hinduism, later Buddhism
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Angkor
• The fall of the Empire-Thai invaders
-The fall of the state
religion (instead of Hinduism Buddhism)
-Neglect of public works
-Natural disasters
-Internal fights
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Angkor• The inhabitants left
Angkor • The city and the
temples was cloaked by the forest until the 19th century
• French archeologist began a restoration process
• Now it attcracts tourist, it’s a Word Heritage
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My experience and summary
• Cambodia: safe, peceful, cleared from landmines,
• Angkor is impressive• Developing, poor
country, but people are nice and open
• Prevention against diseases
• Good opportunity to practise English