Memorial for the people

Khmer Rouge - A lesson in backward thinking !!!

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April 12th 2009
Another bus journey (we’re getting used to these now) and we’re back where we started in Phnom Penh. There were two things that we wanted to see in Phnom Penh, firstly, Tuol Sleng Museum and secondly, The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, both places have links to the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pots cruel regime. We both read a book a couple of years ago called “First they killed my Father”, the au ... read more

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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