Khmer children at play- wonder what their future would be?

            Khmer children at play- wonder what their future would be? I am on the long entrance path leading from the parking lot to the Ta Prohm temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. One of the scores of Angkor temples dotting the countryside near Siem Reap, the Ta Prohm temple is quite a distance inside, meaning a pretty long walk inside. I almost missed these two local tots playing about in the loose mud right next to the trail. My instant reactions were one of fascination (at their innocence) and pity (they look so poor and deprived and are playing with just a sheet of paper and the loose earth around them). Their houses ought to be nearby, probably deep in the bush. I was left wondering what kind of a future these little kids would have? They were so busy doing their own little thing that the ignored our group completely- they surely see scores of tourists every day. Nor was anyone from our group really bothered about them- except a couple of people like me who paused to take a picture. As they grow slighty bigger, you see scores of kids around all Angkor temple sites peddling trinkets and tourist kitsch- and most of them are quite pushy. Not these too though- they are still babies, barely out of their nappies. (Siem Reap, Cambodia, Oct. 2008)
   

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Taken on: October 1, 2008

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