Phnom Phen, well what to say… In simple terms this country is seriously messed up. “Pol Pot” was the leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge and decided to execute 200,000 people with 20% of the population (1.4 to 2million) being wiped out due to starvation and disease between 1975 to 1979. Hard to try and understand the logic of some mentalist like this. He basically wanted to move the country back to the stone age and killed everyone that was clever, wore glasses, politicians, military, reporters and journalists etc. They were taken to a field and executed in a pretty brutal way, the strangest part was this only happened 35years ago! The fields are now a morbid tourist attraction, which in itself is a strange concept. Others were held in the prisons of “S-21” in the centre of the city, before dying or being moved to the killing fields for execution.

Killing Fields @ Choeung Ek

S21 Prison

Some vid I found on Google… S21 & Choeung Ek

It was a short one night’s visit to Phnom Phen. It was off to KL from the airport for the last stage of the trip. Once again I was fighting against the weight restrictions and ended up having to wear my jacket and get hot, just because some job’s worth wouldn’t allow my 2kg over the weight limit of 15KG!

Getting a little warm at the Airport

Air Asia flight to Kuala Lumpur – Shame they have to rip you off at Phnom Phen airport by charging you $25 US (Departure Tax) just to leave the place!

Final US $$ what better way to spend than an expensive overpriced airport beer.