I snuck inside "Freedom" Park today.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 4:24 pm
Barricaded all around with a few checkpoints.
I found one checkpoint with a guard playing Flappy Bird on his iPhone or something, and just him the ol' half wave with a nod (works all the time, half the time), and he just ignored me as I rode past.
I drove around in circles in a closed off ghost town. A few kids playing in the deserted streets, soldiers dozing off in hammocks and few watching me to decide if I should be in there or not.
Although mostly asleep, they definitely seemed ready for action. All of their riot gear was lined up nicely all over the place, ready to be jumped into at a moment's notice.
As soon as I stopped to snap the above picture (from inside Freedom Park, Street 106 looking east across Norodom) I was greeted by a soldier immediately.
He was very polite and spoke good English.
"Hello," he said smiling, "You need to go."
He pointed to the nearest checkpoint, waited for me to finish snapping a few quick pics but kept pointing me out.
I left.
Here are some random pictures from the outside. All taken from Norodom.
Freedom Park. Funny name.
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I found one checkpoint with a guard playing Flappy Bird on his iPhone or something, and just him the ol' half wave with a nod (works all the time, half the time), and he just ignored me as I rode past.
I drove around in circles in a closed off ghost town. A few kids playing in the deserted streets, soldiers dozing off in hammocks and few watching me to decide if I should be in there or not.
Although mostly asleep, they definitely seemed ready for action. All of their riot gear was lined up nicely all over the place, ready to be jumped into at a moment's notice.
As soon as I stopped to snap the above picture (from inside Freedom Park, Street 106 looking east across Norodom) I was greeted by a soldier immediately.
He was very polite and spoke good English.
"Hello," he said smiling, "You need to go."
He pointed to the nearest checkpoint, waited for me to finish snapping a few quick pics but kept pointing me out.
I left.
Here are some random pictures from the outside. All taken from Norodom.
Freedom Park. Funny name.
Sent from my Google Glasses using Tapatalk