Explore Phumi Pouthi Leu in Cambodia
Phumi Pouthi Leu in the region of Kândal is a town in Cambodia - some 16 mi or ( 26 km ) South-East of Phnom Penh , the country's capital city .
Current time in Phumi Pouthi Leu is now 08:47 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Phnom Penh " with a UTC offset of 7 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Vinh Long, Ho Chi Minh City, Long Xuyen, Ubon Ratchathani, and Nakhon Ratchasima. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Vinh Long . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Phumi Pouthi Leu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Abandoned Helicopters at Pochentong Air Base Cambodia
Helicopters at Pochentong Air Base Cambodia left over from more troubled times. Sorry about the quality - I filmed this with my Nokia N73 phone. ..
Cambodia Taxi TV Part II Phnom Penh Taxi
The second part of my trilogy "Cambodia Taxi TV" A realy dangerous Motoride. ..
Cambodian Traditional Countryside Meal - cooking the mudfish
March 16, 2010. Putting the mudfish in a pot over a bed of lemongrass and then cooking over a natural wood fire. ..
Cambodian Traditional Countryside Meal - preparing the mudfish
March 16, 2010. Chumnith is washing the fresh mudfish with lemongrass. What was cool was that he also stuffed fresh lemongrass down the fish and will fry the fish in fresh palm oil over a bed of lemon ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Tonle Bati
Tonle Bati is a small lake about 30 km south of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. It is a popular weekend destination for the local population. It is also a popular fishing spot for both tourists and people who live locally. Close to the lake, there is a temple, Ta Prohm, built in the 12th century by Jayavarman VII. It is located off the highway to Takeo. 20 minutes south of the lake there is another temple called Phnom Chisor.
Located at 11.34 104.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Killing Fields
The Killing Fields are a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1969-1975). Analysis of 20,002 mass grave sites by the DC-Cam Mapping Program and Yale University indicate at least 1,386,734 victims of execution.
Located at 11.48 104.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Choeung Ek
Choeung Ek, the site of a former orchard and mass grave of victims of the Khmer Rouge - killed between 1975 and 1979 - about 17 km south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is the best-known of the sites known as The Killing Fields, where the Khmer Rouge regime executed over one million people between 1975 and 1979. Mass graves containing 8,895 bodies were discovered at Choeung Ek after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Located at 11.48 104.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Kandal Stueng District
Kandal Stueng District is a district of Kandal Province, Cambodia. The district is subdivided into 23 communes and 154 villages.
Located at 11.41 104.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Operation Eagle Pull
Operation Eagle Pull was the U.S. evacuation by air of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 12 April, 1975. At the beginning of April 1975, Phnom Penh, the last remaining stronghold of the Khmer Republic, was surrounded by the Khmer Rouge and totally dependent on aerial resupply through Pochentong Airport. With a Khmer Rouge victory imminent, the United States made contingency plans for the evacuation of US nationals and at-risk Cambodians by helicopter to ships in the Gulf of Thailand.
Located at 11.55 104.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
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