Sharaton Hotel Phnom Penh

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Catch-Up-A-Gogo

A travel blog entry by mrsharvey

Oy, it's been a while... Ken got sick, then I got sick, and we've had early starts and no Internet etc etc. So, I will do my best to provide a lightning catch-up, but I do tend to ramble... So, Thursday was our last day in HCMC. The heat was amazing. It was spifflicating, as my mum used to say, and Ken was starting to feel unwell, so we took it fairly easy. First stop (after a big sleepin and breakfast) was the Bixteco Sky Tower, which offered a 360 degree view of ...

Cambodian Bible School

A travel blog entry by mark.whale

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... Hereford and knew my parents really well. Such a small world.

While they were skyping we went upstairs and Steve gave me a haircut. I was unnerved by the wincing of the onlookers, but it turned out pretty well. Thanks Steve!



The bible school was a really uplifting experience and something that i was in need of on this trip, so thanks to the speakers, organisers and everyone else who was there.
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Making Maps Without Borders Episode 4/20

A travel blog entry by gisnoborders

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... past year (they're back on again finally as of this week), so OSM may be more useful in finding a location based on street numbers as they remain on the OSM map. Alternatively, the satellite imagery might be more useful for reports where there is no street nearby or in identifying a particular point along a street.

  • The map can be embedded in a blog or webpage, including being able to select the size of the map in pixels. ...

An emotional day of seeing the sad history here

A travel blog entry by hayleyo81

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... peace.

Near by there was a tree called the sugar palm. Although it was used for making palm wine and building houses in those days, it was also used as a weapon to slit throats and torture victims. Another tree was used as speaker hanger. Here they would hang a music player and play music along with the sound of a diesel generator to drown out the screams.. I saw so much and learnt so much!

The final stop was the glass house. This was full of Victims' ...

The Killing Fields

A travel blog entry by organisedchaos

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... In comparison, I was ashamed of my very limited knowledge of the atrocities that took place here in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge, and in even more recent years (1975-79), as to prove that the world hasn't learnt from it's mistakes.
Our visit to S21, and then the Killing Fields was a vivid reminder of this, and despite having been many times to concentration camps and given many talks about them, I found this experience ...

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