Well readers... I left the dirty streets of Siem Reap for the capital, Phnom Penh. The good news is that it was tarmac nearly all the way. The city is clearly one undergoing change, but with some disturbing reminders of Cambodia's recent past. From 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge in a reign of violence, fear, and brutality over Cambodia. According to conservative estimates a million people - or roughly one seventh of the country's population - died from starvation, malnutrition and illness during this period. Another 200,000 were executed as enemies of the state. We went to visit a one time secret prison; S-21 was a converted from a school & operated by the Pol Pot regime from mid-1975 through the end of 1978. The focus of S-21 was on those who
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