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Killing Fields and S21

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February 6th 2007
We got the little man who works at our hotel, apparently called Jake, but we didn’t really believe that as most are called Yueng or Chao and other exotic names to give us a ride in his tuc tuc to the killing fields and the S21 prison. This is where I mentioned in a previous entry that you will probably need to know a bit of Cambodian history to properly understand it all, although I think the pi ... 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