Letter From Siem Reap - Videos of Cambodia’s mud builders go viral on YouTube ( A Straits Times special write up)

This private underground royal chamber with jacuzzi and furniture made from mud, clay and soil took builders 130 days to build. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

SIEM REAP: The villager before me walks with a slight stoop, his furrowed forehead shielding deep-set eyes. It is the first time we are meeting, but I recognise him immediately.

He is the face of the YouTube channel called Building Technology. He is the nameless, shirtless craftsman who digs 3m-deep basements, and shapes elaborate furniture and wall displays from dried mud.