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Penultimate set from Pnom Pehn before moving onto more sobre subjects. This time the old Cambodian Royal Palace...

 

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Beautiful, Hugh.

 

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Final set, the mighty Mekong River in Phnom Penh. Before we move on to the sobre realities of the Khymer Rouge...

 

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It's amazing to see the ASEAN flag there.
Interesting pics, Hugh

 

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Through these photos in this post I have traveled the world from my home. Many thanks Hugh!

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great stuff Hugh.

 

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Moving on to the sobre side of the tour but first a bit of background:

Khmer Rouge - Wikipedia
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - Wikipedia
Khmer Rouge Killing Fields - Wikipedia

We are starting with Tuol Sleng.

 

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Very educational, Hugh

 

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Next set from Tuol Sleng / S21...

 

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Wow Hugh, great shots of a very interesting place. Thanks for sharing.

 

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Interesting, Hugh.

 

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Continuing the tour. With the cells and torture tools, 3rd picture displaying a preferred method of repeat dunkings from meat hooks...

 

• Oct 31, 2017

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To understand what happened there, I have spent an hour to research more details with google.
Thanks for sharing impressive pics, Hugh.

 

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Cheers Hugh...

 

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It is remarkable what went on back then. Especially as S21 is in the middle of Phnom Penh.

Next set is the leaders of the Kymer Rouge and more of the cells which they were kept in.