Killing Fields and Silver Pagoda
June 20th 2009 Phnom Penh is nowhere near as nice a holiday spot as is Siem Reap. Instead of the Lost City of Angkor Thom (for it is really a city and not just a temple complex) and the great Angkor Wat, continuously used for worship - both Hindu and Buddhist - since its construction, it has the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek - not nearly so uplifting a venue.
There are many more beggars here too, very persist
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