This picture was taken just after the Khmer Rouges fall from power, the same room as the picture above featuring a decaying prisoners body left hastily as the prisons guards fled
5th - 10th March : Phnom Penh - Guns, Graves & Genocide June 8th 2008 The seven hour or so bus ride to Phnom Penh was totally forgettable and uneventful which was a stark contrast to our recent journey to Battambang - thank *insert your deity here*! So having arrived in Cambodia’s capital unflustered and in good spirits we hired a chatty tuk-tuk driver called Chang (same name as the local beer) who recommended a reasonably priced hotel by the riverside, which we ... 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
I'm all about reality. Having recently sold my property and given up full time employment I am set to embark on my first (long overdue) traveling adventure. Seeing so much damn strangeness happening in the 1st world its time to take a step into the so called 3rd world and see where we are going wrong (or right).... full info