The Killing Fields (Choeung Ek) Phnom Penh

This morning after breakfast we met our pre-arranged Tuk Tuk driver, at 10:30am, who was going to take us to the "Killing fields" and S21 (prison). Today was going to be a very harrowing day. The S21 prison was originally a primary school. When the Khmer Rouge took control of the country they straight away set up prison camps to interrogate and …

I don't know why, but before I came to Cambodia I had the impression that Phnom Penh was a hell-hole. I hadn’t ever even heard of it being once known as the "Pearl of Asia." I think that I had only heard about its troubled recent past under the Khmer Rouge. So, needless to say, my expectations were low. When we actually arrived in Phnom Penh …

After a remarkably straightforward journey from Ho Chi Minh to Phnom Penh, marred only by a bit of ankle biting by some resident bugs on the bus, we are all ready to experience a brand new country, which we are expecting to combine the laid back Laos attitude with the Vietnamese hustle and bustle. We are pretty much right - smiling, shouting tuk …

Von Kambodscha aus mussten wir den Flug am 05.03. nach Bangkok nehmen, um noch rechtzeitig zur Full Moon Party zu kommen. Vor unserem Flug haben wir noch die Killing Fields besucht.
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• Die Killing Fields sind eine Reihe von etwas mehr als dreihundert Stätten in Kambodscha, an denen bei …

I knew it was gonna be a long day travelling, and I wasnt wrong!! Started off with a minibus ride to the ferry port on what must have been the most potholed road in Vietnam?!! Then an even worse 2hour ferry ride where I felt every wave on the way back to the mainland!! Felt pretty rough, like most people onboard and just had to concentrate on not …

Today we went to the killing fields and saw the mass
graves and the monument the officials put up to house the remains of the
victims that were not excavated. We then went on to S-21 prison (Tuol Sleng
museum) Which was once a primary school that Pol Pot turned into a prison and
torture rooms..................this was to …

Aujourd'hui je quittais définitivement le Laos pour me rendre au Cambodge. Je suis parti dès le matin pour l'aéroport et après 1 heure 30 de vol je suis arrivé à Phnom Penh, la capitale donc.
L'immigration s'est faite ici aussi sans problème mis à part qu'il fallait donner mon e-Visa et moi je l'avais collé dans le passeport avec une grosse …

The very nicely developed riverfront comunity boasts beautiful parks, lots of great restaurants, the Royal Palace, a huge museum. and lots of people in the service industry smiling their way into your adventure. This place was a crime ridden disaster area not so many years ago and whoever chose to invest in its future, did an excellent job. Thank …

Phnom Phen, hoofdstad van Cambodja, stad van de cyclo (de fiets tuk tuk), de Russian market en natuurlijk de tragische geschiedenis van de Rode Khmer.

De nagedachtenis aan het bewind van Pol Pot is de reden dat de meeste mensen de stad bezoeken. De killing fields en de S21 prison zijn meestal de enige touristische attracties op de agenda. …

When I reaserched everything that I needed to know about Cambodia I looked up weather, clothing, what to pack, how much money to bring, what the culture was like. Things like that. Currently I am very angry with myself for not reading about their history. Today Loretta and I visited the killing fields where over a million people were executed in …

... we have a responsibility whilst being here to do the right thing and give in the right places. The next day begins with a tour of the killing fields at 7:30 am.  The first stop is Tuol Sleng, AKA S.21, a prison established during Pol Pot's regime. 4 ...

... with fear. The whole experience was very depressing and you come away not knowing what to think really. Today we visited the killing fields of Choeung Ek. When prisioners held at S-21 were to be killed they were transported to this place, about 15km ...

... that day we headed to the prison, S-21, where the Pol Pot regime housed victims before they were sent to the killing fields (Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum). Again, this was a rather reflectful trip. The cells, erected in an old school building were ...

... that place was enough to make one sick. From there, Sarah and I were unsure if wanted to continue on to the killing fields outside of Phnom Pehn but for whatever reason we did. Walking though the fields there would occasionally be a small pile of ...

... through their poverty and gain some dignity in the light of their future. Kris Our visits to the prison of S21 then to the Killing Fields of Chueng Ek left me shocked and speechless. That may sound like a cliche but I can only try to explain how ...

... darkest hours. I visited the S-21 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum followed by a ride out to Choeung Ek, better known as the Killing Fields. Just two weeks prior to the fall of Saigon in 1975 a militant band of radical agrarian communists, the Khmer Rouge ...

... says, deep frying something does not make it edible. During the afternoon we hired a tuk-tuk to take us to the Killing Fields, the site where thousands of Cambodians were slaughtered by the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970's. A morbid place to ...

... the stench of torture and detainment, and in some places you can even see blood. The next place we visited was the Killing Fields, a location outside of the city where thousands and thousands of bodies were buried after execution, most of the time ...

... you've done well when you get back and the locals enquire as to how you got things so cheaply). We also got to the Killing Fields & Museum. Very sad to see all the skulls excavated from the mass graves (some holding upto 450 people) and clothes & bones ...

... experience for us both. On a lighter note we continue the tour with a trip to the Russian market and "Wat Phnom". Back at the "Royal" they are showing the "Killing Fields" film made in the 80's so we sit in the bar and watch that (just to cheer us up!). ...