Cambodia is a very poor country with many obvious problems. It is a both charming and distressing place to be, as the problems and the big differences just is displayed on the streets in front of you, and sometimes you feel like a bastard because you are able to travel somewhere and eat a meal when ever you feel like it,and just around you, people look as they can't afford a bowl, and therefor has to go and beg you for some money.
This can be hard to watch and at the same time to know that the most of the people eating at the many restaurants are mostly westerners either living here or on the way through. Another thought coming up when seeing these circumstances, is the knowledge of how much money being spent in just Denmark or Germany right now for Christmas -eating and all the other stuff-, just to have this in mind meanwhile seeing these nice and kind people struggle and get along with what they've got or can find on the street.
But then again; this cannot ruin my mood, on the contrary, to see the warm smiles on the faces of these people towards everybody, even that life seems so hard yo them, is worth more than what we in Europa have thought -or in fact forgotten- Christmas is about. This is warmth and plain kindness out of the center of their hearts.
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