Cambodia is one of the countries you do not expect too much from. You know that there is the must-do-Angkor-Wat, but besides that everything you have in mind when thinking of Cambodia is pretty sad - poor people, malaria, genocide by the Khmer Rouge, prostitution and so forth. I have to say that despite (or may due to?) all this, we were pleasantly surprised with Cambodia! Angkor Wat was no surprise - it is absolutely stunning and totally worth the visit.
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| Angkor Wat |
There is also prostitution, and of course there are the evil mosquitoes. The big surprise for us were the Cambodians - they were the friendliest and nicest people you can imagine, always smiling despite their dark dark past not too long ago. I will sure spend more time in Cambodia the next time I visit!
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| It is all about Angkor Wat in Cambodia - even the beer! |
About the dark past, in Phnom Penh we went to the torture prison S21 and to the "Killing Fields" where thousands lost their lives. Some people find it disturbing to show where it happened and what happened. I think it is good that these museums were installed. As a German, I do know what it means to live with a dark history, and in my opinion it is better not to forget what happened and to learn to live with the past than to forget about it...
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| S21 - The Khmer Rouge's torture prison |
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