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Crossing the Malaysian-Thai Border via Sungai Golok

Crossing the Malaysian-Thai Border via Sungai Golok

One of the things that I had been most curious about in Kelantan is how it is like at the border of Malaysia-Thailand so I allocated my last day there to drive over to the border and see it for myself. I learned from the people with whom I had worked on my job assignment in Kota Bharu that Thailand could be accessed from Kelantan by getting on a ferry at Pengkalan Kubor or crossing over the Golok River on…

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Traversing Through the Dark Era of Cambodia at The Killing Field

Traversing Through the Dark Era of Cambodia at The Killing Field

Previously on my trip to Cambodia, I started off the day by visiting the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and see for myself how Pol Pot had turned a school into a prison and used it as the torturing camp for those who had the slightest sign of treachery against him. Bear in mind that most of the killings in the infamous genocide didn’t happen there. Instead, they were committed in a place 17 km south of Phnom Penh, in a…

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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: The World According to Pol Pot

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: The World According to Pol Pot

It would be our first day in Phnom Penh so the excitement was sky-rocketing. We had arranged with the hostel to arrange a Tuk Tuk for a one day tour to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung Ek (The Killing Field) for which we’d pay USD15. Our Tuk Tuk driver was a stocky man probably in his late 30’s and although he didn’t speak much English, he seemed to understand every word that we said. The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum…

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