Cambodian Roundup

(Author Alice Pung, photo from Sydney Morning Herald by Rodger Cummins)

Some interesting stuff about Cambodia that's been floating around:

• Cambodian Australian Alice Pung has just published a new book about her father's experiences in Cambodia.
• I ache for the delicious lemongrass soup that is ubiquitous in Phnom Penh. And the beef salad.
  
• A monastery library in Siem Reap.
• Screen Comment gives a cautious review to Phnom Penh Lullaby, but I think it sounds like a fascinating documentary about a love affair between a Jewish man and a Khmer woman.
• Life is hard on the streets of Phnom Penh, and Phnom Penh Post gives us a few wonderful essays on people trying to make their livings there.
  
• The literacy rate in Cambodia is till only 70% according to Voice of America.
• The famous (and dangerous) bamboo train.
• The Herald Sun re-opens the case of Australian David Wilson, murdered in Cambodia in the early 90s.