The gallows

This pole with cables attached to it had been used, in the former school, for the students to conduct their exercise. The Khmer rouge interrogators tied both hands of the prisoners to the the back by a rope and lifted them up and down until they lost consciousness. They then dunked their heads into filthy water to bring them round and continue with the interrogations

Phnom Penh

February 20th 2009
Polly: On Tuesday we left the seaside town of Sihanoukville and caught a bus to Phnom Penh. On arrival we were met, once again, by a determined troupe of tuk-tuk drivers. We asked one of them to take us the the 'Lakeside' area, which we'd heard was good for backpackers. When we got there, however, it was a all a bit skanky, and although most rooms were going for 4US$, there was nowhere with ... 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

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