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An emotional day!

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August 13th 2017
A difficult morning! We went to visit the S21 (Tuol Sleng Museum) and Killing Fields (Choeung Ek) of Phnom Penh. Before 1975 the S21 was a school, but the Khmer Rouge converted it into a prison during what the Cambodians call the 'dark period'. When the Khmer Rouge originally came to Phnom Penh the people of the city welcomed them and came out in the streets to celebrate their arrival, it ... 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