After more than two years of pandemic-related sealed borders and abandoned holidays, I was delighted to be able to travel again. A key reason I had moved from India to Malaysia was the chance to explore Southeast Asia. Cambodia was high on my list, so I set off with the idea of seeing the 12th-century Angkor Wat temple complex and following in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie in the ruins of Ta Prohm, the temple featured in her 2001 movie "Lara Croft: Tomb raider."
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How ghost of Khmer Rouge haunts a Cambodian holiday
Beyond Siem Reap's ancient temples, sobering reminders of land mines and past traumas
Khin Reth, 35, carries his 3-year-old son in rural Cambodia in 2003. The former soldier lost his leg to a land mine. (Getty Images)
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