Killing Fields - Monument

Killing fields, extermination camps and the pearl of Asia

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August 22nd 2006
Hey Everybody, Hope your all well, glad that the king was home for a visit!! Can't believe that the Pool didn't stuff Sheffield United at the weekend. We are currently in the 'pearl of asia' Phnom Penh in Cambodia. We caught a bus here yesterday from Saigon in Vietnam to Moc Bai at the border. We're getting used to pretty long bus journeys so it was a pretty straight forward through CuChi ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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