RECOVERED

The Killing Fields

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July 17th 2007
17-24 July After a chaotic, early morning exit from Siem Reap, Kris, Carrie and I found ourselves aboard the boat for a leisurely 8 hour journey to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. We began in the Tonle Sap lake, the largest in Cambodia, which later narrowed to the Tonle Sap River and to our destination. We were coming from a place that evidenced the beauty and wonder of the ancient Khmers i ... read more

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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