Phnom Penh Day2 - Image 1

Holiday in Cambodia - Day 2

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January 21st 2006
Ok so I mentioned in my last entry that the City has some really wild and rundown areas! Well this is no surprise considering the sheer hell the people were put through by Pol Pot. Went to the killing fields and one of the many interrogation and torture centres used by the Khmer Rouge today. Yes they are both tourist attractions!! But not in the Walt Disney kind of way! Basically the whole co ... 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