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Buddha Statue Inside The Pagoda  
   

Buddha Statue Inside The Pagoda

This very colourful Buddha and surrounding painted walls is inside the completely redecorated pagoda. This pagoda was used by the Khmer Rouge as a place to house, and torture, their victims before they met their death in the Killing Caves.
Battambang - The Bamboo Train & Killing Caves

February 4th 2013
We were standing outside Globalteer House on Friday morning, with five minutes to spare before the transit bus was due to pick us up. We were still standing there an hour later, convinced it wasn't coming at all. Eventually, after two phones calls to see where they were, a grubby outdated van pulled up, with two Khmer men in the front. The door was uncerem ... read more
Asia » Cambodia

Cambodian Flag 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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