The capital

Initially not planned, I make a stop in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh because it's on the way to Siem Reap anyway and I really want to visit the Genocide Museum.
Apart from the S21 Museum and the Royal Palace, which in my opinion is not really worth seeing, the city doesn't really have much to offer apart from a few other temples.

But the Tuol Sleng S21 is definitely worth a visit! In the Cambodian genocide between 1975 and 1979, around 20% of the total population was killed - 1.5-2 million people.
In S21, which was previously a school and then turned into a prison, around 20,000 people were held, tortured and mostly murdered on the so-called killing fields.
Some of the original cells still exist today.Read more