Court and Trev at a Wat

Phnom Phen (more...)

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September 19th 2010
We started our afternoon tour with a visit to the Genocide Museum (S-21). We had a local guide that was very knowledgeable. The prison had been a school, but was taken over during the Pol Pot regime. During nearly 4 years of the regime 20 000 people were tortured there. It was a very sad place to be. Some of the buildings have been left as they were at the end of the Regime, with the evidence ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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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