The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

Phnom Penh - Day 22

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September 25th 2010
23rd September 2010 We hired a Tuk Tuk and a driver for a half day trip to The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and The Cheong Ek Memorial (Killing fields). The museum was once a high school but in 1975 it got turned into S-21; a torture centre and prison for the Khmer rouge. Around 17000 people were killed in the converted school. We walked round and actually got to go into both the wood and the bric ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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