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Losing Our Way Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing. --------------------------------------------------------- Arundhati Roy (Indian author, advocate, activist)

CAMBODIA: Siem Reap; Phnom Penh; Battambang; Kratie.

And this is Wat Kandal.

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 16 February 2010 | Views [387]

And this is Wat Kandal.

The wats are another of Battambang's claims to fame. Most of Cambodia's wats were destroyed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s – but apparently the governor of Battambang defied the order to destroy them, preserving some of the only pre-1978 wats in the country. This is some of the décor of Wat Damrey Sac.

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We rented bikes and made the 13km ride from Battambang to an outcrop-turned-temple complex of Phnom Sampeau. Certainly the most disturbing part of the visit was touring this cave-shrine that exhibits a long, golden reclining Buddha next to a skull-and-bone filled memorial. This cave is known as the Killing Cave, where the Khmer Rouge murdered innocent victims and dumped their bodies through a natural skylight into the cave below. These two kind elders are the cave's caretakers.

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