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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭: PIGEONS WILL ROOST

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Independence Monument
Mural on Bassac Lane
Propaganda Art
Dusk
A gateway arch
Pigeons will roost

October 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭: THREE THINGS

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Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University Library.
– Founded on 1 July 1954, under King Norodom Sihanouk’s patronage
-Closed in 1972 because civil-war funding collapsed, it subsequently suffered severe destruction under the Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979.
-Reopened in 1997, resumed bachelor’s courses in 1999, and gained expanded university status in 2006. 
Happy (tattoo) to put condensed milk in your Cambodian Coffee…
Mural covering the whole side of a building in BKK area

October 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭: WAT LANGKA ~ HATRED IS NEVER APPEASED BY HATRED

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Wat Langka,
one of Phnom Penh’s oldest Buddhist monasteries
Founded in 1442: It is traditionally dated to King Ponhea Yat’s reign and counted among Phnom Penh’s five oldest pagodas. That date refers to the monastery’s foundation; the buildings have been rebuilt and renovated. 
Survived the Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979: The regime used it as a storehouse, helping its buildings escape complete destruction while Buddhist religious life was suppressed. 
Buddhist pigeon
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased.”
— The Buddha, Dhammapada 5, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita. 

October 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭: OLYMPIA

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Independence Monument
September 24 is Constitution Day, which marks the day King Norodom Sihanouk signed Cambodia’s constitution into law in 1993, formally establishing the Kingdom of Cambodia as a constitutional monarchy.
In the 1960s, under King Norodom Sihanouk, master Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann designed the iconic National Olympic Stadium complex as a masterpiece of New Khmer Architecture.
In 2012, the Cambodian government partnered with OCIC (Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation) redeveloped the area surrounding the stadium complex into a modern, mixed-use mini-city.
The project was named Olympia City to honor the architectural heritage of the stadium next door.
Wat Sansam Kosal (វត្តសន្សំកុសល)
Sansam Kosal translates to “Accumulating Merit” (or accumulating virtue/good deeds) in Khmer.
In Buddhist teachings, Kosal (Kusala) refers to wholesome or meritorious actions, reflecting the temple’s identity as a sanctuary where monks and lay devotees perform good deeds to cultivate positive karma.

September 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 STREET ART: ROS SEREY SOTHEA by CHIFUMI

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Ros Serey Sothea, Cambodia’s “Queen with the Golden Voice.” Born into a poor farming family in Battambang around 1948, she rose to become one of the defining stars of Cambodian music in the 1960s and early 1970s.

She recorded hundreds of songs before her career was cut short by the Khmer Rouge takeover in 1975. She disappeared during the genocide and is presumed to have died; the exact circumstances remain unknown. Today, she is widely regarded as the greatest female vocalist of Cambodia’s musical golden age.

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Located on the walls of the German Embassy in Phnom Penh.

September 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 GRAFFITI: MATE, STOP ✋

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September 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 STREET ART: 🐉 by AREM

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September 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 STREET ART: 🪷 by OREST

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September 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 STREET ART: DUALITY

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September 2026

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 STREET ART: 🍄 🍭

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September 2026