This artistic revival increased with support from governments, NGOs, and foreign tourists and by the time our Cambodian itineraries were well established we could organize up to 12 visits with art gallery owners, fashion and jewellery designers, silk weaving centres and carvers of all types of materials.

At 12,000 feet altitude, you move at a lot slower pace and in a way, this helped me to explore this city in a different way. Instead of racing everywhere trying to see as much as I could before leaving for the countryside, I was forced to walk slower or my head was going to explode. That’s how, one morning I discovered Chakpori Hill on my second trip to Tibet. I had read that many of the sunrise shots of the Potala were taken from the top of this hill and I ventured one morning at 05:30 AM thanks to wonderful jet lag…