May 11:
Today, wandered around the posh area. My what shops. Found this really great shop with great hats and clothes. Now have a dress and 2 new hats.
I went to the War Remnants Museum. It was really amazing. Most of the museum is devoted to photographs. The first section was the war through the media with a biography of the photographer also. All photos displayed, were taken by war correspondends/photo journalists covering the Viet Nam war and before it escalated. What was amazing, was how close these photographers got to the action. One guy even leading a bunch of soldiers out of a particalar ambush but finally getting killed himself. There was a list of many of the photographers who had died during the war. 111 in all, with a photograph/Biography. Whilst I was there, there was a massive thunderstorm. At first I thougth it was some movie, as it sounded like bombfire it was that loud and near. It added to the general air of the museum in a surreal way. Photographers were from both sides and were of many nationalities. Some of the photographs had been on the cover of 'Life' Magazine with the magazines displayed.

The weird thing was, quite a few had survived most of the war in Vietnam but ended up getting killed on Route 1(?) in Cambodia by the Khymer Rouge when the action moved near the border towards the war end. Many of their comments/story lines were included. Some of the photographs were from the final reels taken by them. which were found on their dead bodies. Pretty sobering.

Another section was on the war crimes (with photos and biographies of the many villagers mostly kids and women who were killed unnecessarily and visciously) and Agent orange effects. The Vietnames victims, either those that came directly in contact with it or who gave birth to kids with birth defects have taken the manufacturers to court. I believe they find out in the next few months if they have won etc. It is heartbreaking to see the photos of children with missing limbs etc. Much worse than Thalidomide. I came out just dumbfounded.

Having overcome street crossing, I have now started exploring other avenues of transport. I took a Xe om (You get on the back of a motorbike with the driver in front). That proved ok bit dodgy along some streets but gave a different perspective from within the traffic. Pretty nifty.