Travel Digest #239

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Introduction

Hi everyone it's @livinguktaiwan here bringing you the latest edition of the #traveldigest. Today we're travelling to Cambodia and Abu Dhabi.

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#1 Cambodia -TRAVEL BLOG- The horrors of a deadly regime

Our first featured post today is from @luckyme03200 who visits a very sad place in Cambodia. You would have all probably heard of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and how they killed lots of people when they were in power? But did you know they killed 25% of the population? At The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum you can learn about how the people were tortured and executed, the gruesome rooms which still has bloody footsteps soaked in the tiles, the killing fields which became mass graves, and the killing tree where children were beaten to death. It may all sound very shocking right? And that's why it's so important we know and understand what happened in the past.

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#2 Mekong Delta, Vietnam - Saigon to Phnom Penh in three days

Our next featured post by @izzynoel is also in Cambodia (hey, did you guys meet up by any chance?). Her trip to Cambodia is a much more delightful but long journey. Three days to be exact from Saigon in Vietnam along the Mekong Delta to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Along the journey, she encounters crocodiles, pythons, bees and pigs, visits the floating market, a buddhist temple, travels by mini bus, boat and van before she finally makes it to Phnom Penh on day 3. Phew! What a journey!!!

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#3 Travel Blog 38: Travel With Me To World's Famous Landmark at Abu Dhabi

Our last featured post is from @explorernations who takes to visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. The whole site is 30 acres ie approximately 23 football fields big and is the largest mosque in the UAE. It can accommodate 41k worshipers while the main hall itself can accommodate 10k. The mosque also boasts the second largest chandelier and the biggest hand knotted carpet. All this aside, the architecture is stunning.

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