Fried insects anyone?

4. The Killing Fields

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March 29th 2007
4th entry... A 15-km tuk-tuk ride was our chosen transport out to the Killing Fields - hot and dusty but as we keep saying, the tuk-tuks have all the benefits of walking without all the effort! Very important for Cambodia to preserve and remember this very recent, very traumatic part of their history. The Khmer Rouge really lost the plot and lost any thread of a vision that they may once have ha ... 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