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-Left Behind-
This image was taken at the sobering Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh. A high school before the Khmer Rouge Regime in the `70s turned it into the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21), it saw an estimated 17,000 people were tortured and imprisoned in just four short years. Of that 17,000 only seven people survived. This cell, constructed in an old classroom, held officers of the Khmer Rouge after their own leaders turned on them. Beds (and sometimes bloodstains) are pretty much kept how they were found when the UN came to Cambodia and intervened. by: tyson Views[1064]

Contemplation in Cambodia

CAMBODIA | Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By karsoe | Views [398]

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - How can I write any more on the horrors of Tuol Sleng and Cheoung Ek? I've done so already, as have countless others. And they've done a far better job than me. I visited those placed for a second time recently. Their impact was ... Read more >

Tags: aid, cambodia, cheoung ek, killing fields, phnom penh, s21, tabitha foundation, tuol sleng

phnom penh

CAMBODIA | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 | By glimmerwing | Views [631]

The bus ride to Phnom Penh was a little eventful, in that it broke down not far from siem reap. Some thing like the belt broke and we had to wait for a new one to be brought to us. So it was fun to wait around for an hour while the buss was getting fixed.... Read more >

Tags: killing fields, phnom penh, s21, water festival

Cambodia Day 4: The Phnom Penh Horror Show

CAMBODIA | Thu, 15 Feb 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1662] | Comments [2]

How do I even begin to describe this day? Ok, from the start: We started the day with breakfast. Our friends were held up for some reason, so Lianyi and I headed off to the Lonely Planet-recommended Sunrise Coffee House without them. We were its first ... Read more >

Tags: bus ride, cambodia, comme à la maison, phnom penh, s21, the boddhi tree, tuol sleung