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Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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April 17th 2008
After Siem Reap I headed to Phnom Penh, the country's capital. From here I visited the Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng museum, a former school that was used to detain and torture prisoners during Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime - really interesting but harrowing stuff. ... 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