On Friday, March 26 our group flew to Saigon-Siem Reap, Cambodia. Once again LSN arranged an extraordinary opportunity to meet with a local expert on landmines. Photographer John McDermott offered our group a private tour of his photo exhibit at the Grand Hotel d’Angkor. The photos of survivors demonstrated with images in an immediate way that is impossible to convey with words the tragedy that strikes every time a landmine explodes.
The afternoon was devoted to the famous temple of Angkor Wat. Once again the mystery and the continued beauty of this place contrasted sharply with the tragedy with the destruction resulting from the continued existence of landmines.
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