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May 23rd 2010

Published: May 27th 2010

Hey everyone, Since we were a bit slack on our last blog from Laos you are now getting another update from a whole new country only a couple of days later! Well, we flew into Siem Reap from Vientiene to meet our friends Dave and Komi. We were pleasantly surprised with the city. It had a great vibe to it, well in the 'Old market area' (i.e. tourist hub), where we were anyway. Lots of boutique sho... Read Full Entry

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Adam and Geena Fife

Tour de Fife

Since Adam and I first met we have talked about going travelling, now 10 years on and a marriage later, we have decided its now or never and we are finally off! After a 2 week holiday in Thailand 2 years ago, we fell in love with South East Asia, and knew that we had to return one day to explore and immerse ourselves in as much as we can in this awesome part of the world. A growing fascination with India means we also want to use this trip to experience the challenges and diversity of this fascinating country too. We have a rough idea of our travel route by country, but are pretty much wingi... full info

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Clothing, bone and teeth fragments

Still in the ground - more and more keep coming through the surface with rain and floods etc...

One of the many pits where a mass grave was discovered and excavated

The purple shorts

Sorry - another scary shot

Amnd yes - they are bones in the foreground underneath the tree

Toul Sleng Genocide Museum

This pic shows Block A in the background where the larger torture rooms were and 'the gallows'in the foreground that used to be kids gym equipment but used as a torture devise by the Khmer Rouge

One of the larger torture rooms inside Toul Sleng Prison

The photo on the background shows how the person was found dead in the room when the Khmer Rouge fled

Just 3 of the many boards with many faces of the victims

The wooden cells built inside school rooms to house the prisoners

They were tiny - only about the width & length of a person

Inside one of the tiny wooden cells

Block C of S-21prison

The barbed wire and fencing was to prevent people from jumping and commiting suicide

A blackboard from the classroom still there beside the brick cells

The writing was the Khmer Rouge's instructions for the prisoners

27th May 2010

Trish Jamieson
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Hi guys Man you are having a fabulous experience. thanks for sharing it with us

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