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khmer rouge
the killing fields
Just 40 short years ago communist leader Pol Pot and his Khmer Rogue army were inflicting their reign of terror and genocide on the people of Cambodia. In just under four years they would wipe out an estimated 1.7 million people, a staggering 21 percent of Cambodia’s population. In the chronicle of 20th century horrors,...
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At the start of our trip we envisaged immersing ourselves fully into the countries we visited. Of meeting the people who lived there and of learning to understand their ways of life on a far deeper level than the generic tourist attractions that are a great allure for many travellers. But I have to say,...
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