express bus check-in counter !!
siem reap town...
I then travel down to Phnom Penh : the capital city of Cambodia.
Despite the long 06hours long journey on the express bus, there are some brief moments & total peace & enlightment during this trip as well. Life is so simple in cambodia, for 5 days... nothing else matters except getting till the end of the day! I have visited Angkor Wat, but my adventures will not be over......
toul sleng genocide museum
was formerly a high school & later turned into security office 21 (was entitled S-21) in "democratic kampuchea" . It was designed for detention, inhumanity torture & killed after they had fulfilled on the confession documents. In 1979, government collected all the evidence in S-21 such as : torture instruments, shackles & 14 victim corpses (one of them was female).
according to the research on the record of prisoner list, the influx & out flux from 1975-1978 was 10,519 prisoners. these amounts do not include the number of children killed by khmer rouge, which was estimated 20,000.
torture instruments
more videos available @ www.youtube.com/dvivagency
choeung ek genocidal centre (the killing field)
is a unique & special place which reflects the most barbarious & cruel crime committed by the Ultra Communist Khmer Rouge Regime during 1975-1979. here, about 20,000 ppl including foreigners were executed & murdered. obviously, 129 mass graves & about 8,000 human skulls at the site bear testimony to this unspeakable crime. in order to r'br the spirits of victims at this site & as well as over 3 millions victims throughout the country, a memorial charnel was built in the centre in 1988....
Royal Palace
buddha tree found in the royal palace
Naga world casino
(owned by resorts world bhd (m'sia) / newly opened in april' 09)
phnom penh town...
being the 2nd poorest country in South East Asia, cambodia might look poor & dirty, but there are little surprises all around : they have 5 star luxury cars, KFC & swensen's ice cream as well!
many luxury cars on the road without a number plate!!
owned by most of the high-ranking government people & their family members
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