Angkor temples in the 1960s

Angkor temples in the 1960’s, a family album

My parents met in Montpellier, France, in the early sixties as my father had a scholarship offered by the French government to study Biology. They married three years later and my mother moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the week after the wedding in 1964. She was originally from a small village of the South of France and had not finished her literature studies but was ready for the adventure. In these days, you would be flying an Air France Caravelle aircraft with 2 transits, either in Tel Aviv and Colombo, or Beyrouth and Teheran, or via the North Pole with a stopover in Tokyo.

It did not stop my grand parents from visiting us in 1966, a few months after my birth.

They took beautiful photos of their trip to Angkor that I would like to share with you.