Too bad you had to pass on the Museum and Killing Fields Memorial, because they probably contain plenty of great history of the atrocities that occurred there.
There are several first-person account books written by Cambodians who lived through the Khmer Rouge regime. They are very disturbing, but essential history and well worth reading. (Two excellent ones are ... Survival in the Killing Fields, and When Broken Glass Floats.)
Anyway, it was nice to read about your adventures in Phnom Penh. I only passed thru it one day, but it appeared to be a fairly civilized place. Your report basically confirms that.
I went to the killing fields and the school prison museum. They were informative, disturbing, and moving. It was the palace and National Museum I passed on.
My misunderstanding. Good that you could see them. Just from the books I've read about the living hell under the Khmer Rouge, I developed a great respect for the Cambodian people, based on what they have achieved since then.
More power to them. And more peace to them.
If you’re interested. I posted about my trip to the Tuel Seng Museum and Killing fields. And thank you for the book recommendations.
Very interested. Will read it soon. Thanks for the notification.
I’ll be posting about it soon. I’m letting it marinate in my brain. It was... All I can say now is it was sad and unbelievable.