Pnomh Penh The slow boat from Chau Doc in Vietnam to Pnomh Penh was long but very enjoyable. Everywhere along the route kids were swimming in the river, sometimes alongside water buffalo, and shouting hello whenever we passed while women washed clothes. My accomodation was near Boeng Kak lake that is due to be reclaimed in the next year or so for development which is a shame. At the moment though it is backpackerville and a great place to be based. Pnomh Penh was scorching, so much so, that I found myself doing very little each day. Of course, continuing my morbid fascination with the horrors of war, I first of all visited the Toul Sleng Genocide museum, a former school, which is where 20,000 victims. many of them children, were tortured and later executed by
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