Tower of Death

Skulls fill this imposing building. Hard to believe that, that many people died here. Really sobering.

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March 28th 2008
Phnom Penh, it is a progressive place today with a real need to move on from its past, you can see the wealth everywhere as the tourism industry really takes off and the western influences start to come in. However it for years it was home to one of the cruelest regimes, the Khmer Rouge, which is remembered mainly for the deaths of up to 3 million people under its rule, through execution, starvati ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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

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