Pnomn Penh
Through the barbed wire of Toul Sleng
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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]
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] Blog: Beauty and brutality in Cambodia
Date: June 24th 2009
Well I have reached the end of my travels, as I am back in the pressure cooker of Bangkok awaiting tomorrow's flight back to London. I had a fascinating final week in Cambodia to finish things off. To say Cambodia has had a turbulent recent history would be an understatement. A millenia ago they ruled Indochina, with the Khmer empire stretching from Myanmar to Vietnam. At the apex of this great ... read more
Date: June 24th 2009
Well I have reached the end of my travels, as I am back in the pressure cooker of Bangkok awaiting tomorrow's flight back to London. I had a fascinating final week in Cambodia to finish things off. To say Cambodia has had a turbulent recent history would be an understatement. A millenia ago they ruled Indochina, with the Khmer empire stretching from Myanmar to Vietnam. At the apex of this great ... read more
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Well after a year of procrastination I am finally about to depart England's slightly beige shores and go somewhere that is a bit more exciting. Somewhere without All Bar One, Channel Five, the Daily Mail and Homebase. Somewhere where Jeremy Kyle is not. Sadly though, I fear that even the most remote of Jupiter's 63 moons (fact - check wikipedia) will not be quite distant enough to evade tidings of the latest evictee from the Big Brother house. Still - it should be a bit warmer and the wildly pointless tabloid football transfer speculation won't be quite as relentless and dispiriting.
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