November 24th: Phnom Penh
We took the trip out of town to visit the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek in the morning. In the afternoon Tim took in the Nation Museum and walked around
taking some pictures of the area near the riverfront.
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Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
The site is commemorated by a Buddhist stupa...
...containing human remains, clothing and shoes
About 2/3 of the mass graves were exhumed in 1979-80
The site was once a Chinese graveyard and orchard
Human bones protrude out of the dirt paths
National Museum
Repository to many artefacts from the country's rich history
Around Town
French colonial style building
Monument to Vietnamese - Cambodian friendship
City elephant gets a scrub down
Independence Monument
The riverfront is packed at dusk
© Tim Cooke 2006
