In and around Phnom Penh

Many beautiful sights to visit in this capital city. At the entrance to the Cambodiana hotel, a Habitat banner welcomes the teams.

Here are some views of the highlight spots in the city:

WAT PHNOM

NATIONAL MUSEUM COMPLEX
CONTAINS IMPORTANT ANGKOR ARTIFACTS

NATIONAL MUSEUM COURTYARD AND BUDDHA

PAVILLION IN THE ROYAL PALACE GROUNDS

LOGO OF THE KING, ON A DOOR DECORATION
IN THE THRONE BUILDING

And from a sad time in the country's history, photos of the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, the famous S-21. It had been a school and the classrooms were converted to a prison during the Pol Pot years 1975-79. Now a museum and a testament to the madness of the Khmer Rouge regime.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EXTENSIVE RECORDS SHOWING
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS WHO BECAME THE
 ULTIMATE VICTIMS OF THE EXECUTIONS
 AT THE NEARBY "KILLING FIELDS".

Many of the thousands of Cambodians who perished under the Khmer Regime were dumped in mass graves scattered around the country. Prior to 1975, Choeung Ek ws an orchard, but under Pol Pot this particular killing field was the site of brutal executions of nearly 17,000, most of whom had suffered torture at S-21. A memorial stupa now stands in memory of those buried here.

CHOEUNG EK MEMORIAL,
PHOTO BY VOLUNTEER CHARLES ZWICK.