Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau
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- Phnom Sampeau
Lonely Planet review for Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau
About half-way up the cement access road to the summit, a turn-off leads 250m up the hill to the Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau. An enchanted staircase, flanked by greenery, leads into a cavern where a golden reclining Buddha lies peacefully next to a glass-walled memorial, dedicated in 2007, filled with the bones and skulls of some of the people bludgeoned to death by Khmer Rouge cadres before being thrown through the overhead skylight.
Nearby is the old memorial, a rusty cage made of chicken wire and cyclone fencing.
Traveller reviews for Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau (1)
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Take a good local guide
fiona263 recommends this,
Although the caves themselves were not much to look at, it was the heartfelt story of our guide that made this excursion worth the visit. Listening to his stories of growing up under the reign of Pol Pot made me thank my lucky starts I grew up in Australia.
