I have sooo many memories there....all good.
Sooooo peaceful living with the natives in the backblocks. Before i bought my house i was living in my ex-mother-in-laws house on stilts on her farm. Food was great (spicier than thai) and more healthy. People were the best. Life on the whole was wonderful. Still is if you keep away from the westernised and touristy places like Phnom penh and ankhor wat.
I have been to the genocide museums etc...was very humbling....got the photos and thats enough.
Once you have seen what the people have been through, especially if you have lived with them while you were going through those hard times you very quickly understand.
I changed soooo much while i was living there. I learned so much about survival, hate, culture, love.
When you go through the refugee camps that were in Thailand your heart just cries when you see dead people, hungry kids crying, etc....
The main thing i learnt was.....
We foreigners have so much.....and we are never happy
They have sooo little................and they are the happiest
What can you learn from that?
Try living off $1000 per year and be totally happy......they can so why can't you?