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May 17th 2013
I didn't intend to add another entry before my trip to the temples at Angkor Wat but I visited the Tuol Sleng Museum in Phnom Penh this morning, which serves as a testament to the horrendous crimes of the Khmer Rouge. In the 1950/60/70's this was a school, which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 and then became a detention and torture centre for some of the most barbaric crimes in ... 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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Julia Bairstow

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I am about to spend six months volunteering in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Actually, the idea of this venture would never have come about had I not gone to a VSO meeting with a friend and then met someone on a walking group, who told me about this organisation, through which she had applied to work as a volunteer. After considerable thought, I decided that I would like to spend some time volunteering on a worthwhile overseas project and that following my retirement would be the right time to do this, as my younger daughter went off to university last year and my elder daughter is around to look aft... full info

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