Building a Kingdom

Adam Xie · Post by **Adam Xie** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:49 pm

South east asia globe

Across Cambodia, construction workers, many working in dangerous conditions, are building a Kingdom. Sometimes robed in high-viz vests and crowned with golden hard-hats, they haul bricks, cut steel and scatter showers of brilliant sparks from on high with their welding. Many are far from home, having left their families in the provinces to hitch a ride into the cities in search of steady work. When their labour is done, they will leave shining monuments in their wake, crisp white towers of condominiums ready for wealthy tenants.

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/cambodia ... r-workers/

Brought tear to my eyes.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:29 pm

Interesting article. I've always thought it must be weird to live in/build such relatively palatial structures, when your distant village is rather fly-blown and muddy.