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Cambodia Today – A Generation After the Killing Fields
Thirty-five years ago, Vietnamese marched into Phnom Penh, liberating Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge, who’d ostensibly liberated the same people a mere four years before. The Khmer Rouge’s short but devastating regime capitalized on the Cambodian people’s reverence for nation … Continue reading
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Tagged Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Peace Corps, Pursat
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Cambodia Impressions
I spent two weeks over the Christmas holiday visiting Cambodia and my daughter Abby, who is a Peace Corps Volunteer in a rural village in Pursat Province. After flying 10,000 miles, we traversed only about 200 miles of Cambodia, focusing … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Battambang, Bayon, Cambodia, Cheung Ek, Chinese Noodle, Hariharalaya, Krakor, Peace Corps, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Te Phrohm, Tonle Sap, Tonle Sueng Prison
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