Cambodian flag hanging at half-mast in the Killing Fields
During the Khmer Rouge rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Vietnam war, over 200,000 people were executed and buried in the killing fields just outside Phnom Penh, the captial of Cambodia. The total deaths of the regime is estimated to be Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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“You want to try?”
I was on the 5 hour bus ride from Siem Reap to the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. The Cambodia girl next to me was delightfully holding up a deep fried grasshopper which was staring at me through it’s fried eyeball held by its tail. Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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The statues guarding the entrance over the moat to Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is the world renowned wat (temple) in Angkor World heritage site and was built in the early 12th Century. Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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All the warnings, all the scams, all the touts, surely I couldn’t possible rack up them all in one mere border crossing?
Well it seems the scammers were out in full force and some of them you just can’t do anything about, I shall explain…
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Laos map with known bombing data
Laos is the most bombed country in the world, mostly due to the USA heavy attacks during the Vietnam war when the Vietnamese moved into Laos in an attempt to hide.
The map to the left shows (as a red dot) every bomb attack on Laos.
One of the weapons of choice was the cluster bomb, which detonates a large bomb mid air and sprays a lot of small bombs (also known as bombies or bomlets) on the ground below causing massive devastation. Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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