Exploring Cambodia - My Reflections on Visiting the Choeung Ek Killing Fields
After four days to relax in Koh Samet, a pleasant island only a short journey from Bangkok, we were ready to continue our travels relatively unscathed from our time in Thailand. In addition to our ordeal thatshowcased Mother Nature’s incomprehensible power , Kea had also fallen ill on our long travel day from Chiang Mai to Koh Samet. A journey that in the end took around a dozen hours looked in danger of not even starting as Kea’s dinner from the night before ended up all over the hotel staircase when we left for the airport at 05:30 am. She admirably soldiered on and bravely made the journey, letting out only a groan here and there when a wave of sickness threatened to destabilise our plan. I’d have trudged back to bed and waited for another day if that was me, but no, Kea was adamant about making it to the beach. Bravo. After ripening for a few days, we upped and left for Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city. Harry and I left out Cambodia on our previous visit to the region but Ke...