Information and map of Cambodia (Lonely Planet)
Information and photos of Angkor
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| After crossing the border into Cambodia the children came running begging for money. | Poipet - Thailand/Cambodia border. |
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| Exchange office in Siem Reap where we finally arrived after 13 hours on a bus from Bangkok (via Poipet). The worst busride of the entire trip. | Angkor, Siem Reap. |
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| Angkor. | Angkor. |
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| Angkor. | Sitting Buddha in Angkor. |
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| Helge (Norway) and Marianne (Holland) in Angkor. | Angkor. |
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| Sunset in Angkor. | A gecko joining us for dinner in one of our chairs in the restaurant. |
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| Floating homes on the river outside Siem Reap. | Me and Beate (Norway) on our way with boat from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. The sun tan after 5 hours on the roof of the boat was more than enough. |
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| Fishing boat. | Kids playing in the pouring rain, Phnom Penh - capital of Cambodia. |
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| A monument in the "Killing Fields" with all the 8985 skulls that were digged up from the massgraves in 1980. | One of the shelves with skulls. You can see the cracks in the skulls, as they were killed with hammers to save ammunition. |
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| Some of the 129 massgraves in the "Killing Fields". | A sign at the "Killing Fields". |
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| Some kids playing around at the "Killing Fields" wanted me to take their picture. | The city of Phnom Penh. |
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| Owen (UK), me and Marianne (Holland) on our way to Sihanoukville - Cambodia's beach resort. | Sihanoukville. |
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| In Ream National Park outside Sihanoukville we found an almost deserted beach to rest on our motorcycle trip and then the rain hit us. | Me and Owen taking cover from the rain. |
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| S21 museum in Phnom Penh. This is were 17.000 prisoners were held during the Pol Pot years (1975-1979). Only seven prisoners survived. A lot of the killed prisoners were buried in the "Killing Fields". | One of the rooms in S21 where prisoners were tortured and killed. The floor is darker under the bed because of all the blood. |
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| A picture on the wall in one of the rooms in S21 depicting a tortured prisoner. | Pictures of prisoners. Even a couple of foreign prisoners were held here. |
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| Pictures of prisoners in S21. | A picture of the massgraves in the "Killing Fields" being dug up in 1980. The skulls lay next to the graves. |
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| The Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. | |
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