The Monument at the Killing Fields

The Killing Fields, then hope!

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November 23rd 2006
Hi All This is getting a wee bitty muddled up now, that last blog (the jump one) was actually done in Cairns in Auz. So I 'm probably about 3 wks behind with my stories! We visited the 'Killing Fields' in Cambodia which I'm ashamed to say I was totally unaware of until then. Those of you who are a certain age will know about it. In 1975 thousand of innocent Cambodians (men, women and chil ... 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