-Chapter Six-Hopes and Dreams
Using a magnifying glass, Ravuth scrutinised the zoomed-in section of a printed satellite image. He went to his filing cabinet and rummaged through a drawer until he found another pile of images he was searching for. With his files meticulously arranged and catalogued, he sifted through the pile and pulled out an A3-sized, coloured Google Earth image and took it over to the table. He placed it next to the new one, leant over, and compared the images.
A jubilant look came across the old Cambodian’s face. He looked up and stroked the stubble on his chin.
‘That’s it!’ he thought and looked again.
His lifelong search had just taken a dramatic new development. Now, on the table in front of him, lay evidence of the whereabouts of his village and his long search
