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Nige and his Cambodian language teacher  
   

Nige and his Cambodian language teacher

We were teaching each other numbers 1 to 10. He was a better pupil than me!
The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful

February 26th 2006
Along with Laos, Cambodia was another country Nige had also wanted to take me to. I'll get The Bad bit over with first... in Phnom Penh, the capital, is a school building surrounded by barbed wire, which stands as a reminder of Cambodian's horrific, and shockingly recent, history. This school building, between 1975 and 1978 was used to detain and torture over 17000 people who the Khmer ... read more
Asia » Cambodia

Cambodian Flag Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more
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