Khmer Rouge: Cambodia's dark past

Many people have no idea that over a fourth of Cambodias population of 8 million people were killed, tortured or starved to death during Pol Pot's deadly regime, the Khmer Rouge, between 1975 and 1979 until Vietnam finally started fighting with them. Please google this for more info but it's incredibly tragic and sadly still manifested in the poor population struggling to gain the ground they lost when Pol Pot tried to 'start over' at Year Zero. Even more disgusting? The US and UN recognized them as a legitimate leadership since they were anti-Vietnamese. Disregard the millions who died at their hands however. It's so weird and sad. The museum in the capital of Phnom Penh details this tragic story in the old prison grounds in which thousands of prisoners came through before being sent to die in the killing fields. 7 survived.

To try to give back, we ate at Friends, a restaurant which teaches former street kids skills to work in the hospitality industry. Good food too!

Love this pic of the first lady tuktuk driver we encountered and her kid: