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design, life, travel June 25, 2012

Cambodian floating village

We visited the floating village on Sunday, about an hour drive from Pursat, I don’t know the name of the village. The people who live here are descendants of the Vietnamese soldiers who came in the 1970′s to fight the Khmer Rouge, stuck around and intermarried with the Cambodians. What.an.experience. The sights and the smells […]

travel June 18, 2012

the killing fields

Today we visited the Killing Fields and S-21, a tearful, heart wrenching place to experience yet an absolute must for any traveler. The destructive force of the Khmer Rouge is the reason Cambodia is in the state it’s in today. A quick history for those who don’t know: The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), otherwise […]