Sunday, December 20th, 2009...12:01 pm
Cambodian Landmine Museum
The sad history of Cambodia involves land mines. Lots of them. I read an estimate that there may still be 2 million land mines buried in throughout the country. And no one bothered to document where they were placed. As a result, people are still being killed and maimed today. While in Cambodia, I saw quite a few adults and kids with missing limbs.
In between Angkor Wat temple visits, we stopped into the Cambodian Landmine Museum.
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December 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 am
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