Landmine museum founder

As a child this man was a Khemer Rouge soldier in the 70's and planted many landmines. Later, he joined the Vietnamese to help free the Cambodians from the 'killing fields'. Since that time he has worked diligently to disable and remove landmines from Cambodia in order to help his native people.

Cambodia: Siem Reap to Phenom Penh

April 30th 2008
We did the whirlwind tour through Cambodia ~ about 10 days which is par for the course for tourists mainly interested in Angkor Wat. This seems to be the big draw these days (since the movie Tomb Raider came out about 6 yrs ago and was filmed in Angkor Wat) and Siem Reap - the town near Angkor Wat is becoming very built up with many, many! hotels (from big and fancy to nice looking newer guest ho ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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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