While in Phnom Penh I stayed just around the corner from the Monument of Independence.  Flight delays meant that I arrived just as the light was starting to fade. I checked in, threw my bag on the bed and dashed out to take advantage of the ‘blue hour’. I was just in time to catch a couple of long exposures. The next day a crane moved in, fences were erected and workmen started ripping up the marble around the monument for renovation…

The Monument of Independence is a memorial to Cambodia’s war dead and also commemorates independence from the French which was granted in 1953. The impressive structure acts as a busy traffic circle at the junction of Sihanouk and Norodom boulevards.

The recent flurry of activity of late is because I am flying off to the UK on Friday for an photography exhibition and awards night and won’t be able to post for a while. More on this later.