Doc67 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:55 pm Looks cleaner and less crowded. I can see why people say how much this place has changed.

There may have been less plastic waste but most streets were muddy messes and everyone was broke.

UNTAC car pool


UNTAC at the cinema.


UNTAC HQ, now the Council for Development of Cambodia, previously Pol Pot hangout and before that French Governor's Palace.


Ghana contingent.


Voting at Olympic Stadium by Jeff Widener.


BulgBatt


Dutch contingent in Pailin.


Peter Chatworth river patrol near Phnom Penh


Peter Chatworth Uncle Sam's


Irish policewoman directing traffic.


UNTAC display in Siem Reap cultural center.


Ghanaian troops at Wat Phnom. Notice how barren the hill is. Photo by Hopper Stone.

Who of the current membership of CEO were here during that period, if any? I’d be interested in reading more about your perceptions, experiences and events during that time.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:55 pm Looks cleaner and less crowded. I can see why people say how much this place has changed.

I only saw the very tail end of it, but Phnom Penh in the 90s was nothing like it is now. People who never saw that often complain that the city doesn't really weigh up to their expectations, and I can understand that. However, nobody liked Phnom Penh because it was clean or not crowded! It was quite messy. Off any main routes the streets were all wrecked. There was barely any garbage collection and festering heaps of rotten refuse abounded. A lot of people just set the garbage on fire on the side of the road. There were regular blackouts. Most of the city closed down as soon as it the sun went down and battened down the hatches. Not saying it was that bad and I somehow liked the place enough to move back permanently a few years later. It was a lot improved but by 2022 standards still a total dump.

































Oh the glamour.

No, the roads used to be shit. And it had a lot to do with war and troubles.

mannanman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:04 pm So the roads were always shit. Nothing to do with the war and troubles?

In fairness, there are plenty of places where the same persists. Developing world.
I quite like it. Except in the wet monsoon/wet season.

I don't know what drugs you guys are on if you don't notice the difference.