Wedding Island Banquet Hall Entrance

Wedding Island Banquet Hall Entrance - Chris Coles

The entrance to the wedding banquet palace is alive with action, big SUV's, Mercedes, BMW's, Khmer ladies dressed in silk and chiffon, their hair done up like movie stars, tons of fresh flowers, the drifting notes of the band and singer, a lot of bowing and waiing as the precise social hierarchy of the arriving Big Men and their wives and children is dealt with and sorted out...........

Phnom Penh Baby

Phnom Penh Baby - Chris Coles

Born long after the end of Khmer Rouge and the death of Pol Pot, he'll grow up in the new Phnom Penh of status, privilege and wealth, shiny SUV's, hi-rise condos, giant plasma tv's with satellite hook-ups, hi-speed internet connections, 4 and 5G smart phones, people from all over the world wandering through........

Wedding Island Palace Phnom Penh

Wedding Island Palace Phnom Penh - Chris Coles

Every Friday and Saturday night, the palaces on Phnom Penh's Wedding Island are packed, all 15 of them, a thousand people each......and parked all around, hundreds of Big Man SUV's, Mercedes, BMW's, the wealth of the assembled, the privileged elite of the new Cambodia, on full display.........