moped driver!

Just a bit of light hearted relief! Spotted this on the way to the killing fields. you see some crazy things on mopeds - people carrying panes of glass, mattresses and whole families. My favourite is seeing a family of six on a single moped - 5 on the seat and the baby in the basket at the front!

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge

December 2nd 2006
Before I came to Cambodia, I confess that I knew very little about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. I remember vague news reports as a child of the attrocities being committed and the famine that was gripping the country. I also knew that the Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot (or Brother Number 1, amongst various other names) was a tyrant and killed countless people in his own country. But Until I came h ... read more

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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

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