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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: Phnom Penh & the Killing Fields
Date: August 15th 2009
Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia, home of a very impressive Royal Palace and National Museum. However, it's best known tourist destinations are memorials and museums dedicated to the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime. Most famous is The Killing Fields, where political prisoners were executed by the thousands in a small field about 10 km outside the city of Phnom Penh. These ... read more
Date: August 15th 2009
Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia, home of a very impressive Royal Palace and National Museum. However, it's best known tourist destinations are memorials and museums dedicated to the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime. Most famous is The Killing Fields, where political prisoners were executed by the thousands in a small field about 10 km outside the city of Phnom Penh. These ... read more
