Stories From Cambodia

Map of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Day 256: Genocide Horrors

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The images made my eyes physically hurt. Tim and I toured the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh. The 3-story buildings, surrounded by thick walls and barbed wire, were once a children's school.

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Day 257: Wild East

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Our guesthouse is in the middle of Phnom Penh, yet it sits on a dirt road so rutted and rocky that motorcycles can only weave past us at a slow crawl. And even at their slow pace, they churn up red du

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Map of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Day 258: Bazooka

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The little boy in me laughed in giddy anticipation as we arrived to the shooting range. I'd heard it was actually possible there to shoot a rocket-propelled grenade and I obviously couldn't let such

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Day 260: The Temple of Doom

Siem Reap, Cambodia

It is easy to see why the movie Tomb Raider was filmed in the Angkor Wat area. The concentration of so many excellent ancient Buddhist and Hindu temples is staggering and, despite the thousands of tou

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Map of Siem Reap, Cambodia

Day 261: A Magical Tour

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is a favorite temple of Angkor Wat tourists and the second I walk through its gates I understand why. It is one of the A

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Day 262: Children of Angkor Wat

Siem Reap, Cambodia

One of my favourite things about Angkor Wat were the many Cambodian children I met. Some were there because their parents worke

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