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A day of remembrance

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January 18th 2011
Today we took a “thirty-minute ride” in a tuk tuk from close to our guesthouse to Choeung Ek, also known as the Killing Fields, and then the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum for $12. We had the slowest driver on the face of the planet, but we did arrive safely, so I guess that’s a good tradeoff. It was $2 to get in and you can hire a guide there, but we decided not to and went first to their lit ... 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