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Prison was wrapped in Barbed wire to prevent people from jumping to there death.
Phnom Penh

May 14th 2009
Ah Phnom Penh, my first taste of Cambodia. I arrived by plane from Vientiene Laos and headed to by Tuk Tuk to the hostel, ST 23. A place I would see three different times during my trip, due to the need to backtrack. Cambodia is a strange mix of the old and the new. Of hope and change and desperation and death. Just twenty five years ago Cambodia was in the grips of the imfamous Khmer Rouge, l ... read more
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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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