What experiences did you have that impacted you?
What experiences did you have that impacted you?
The Khmer Rouge experience in Cambodia.
Of all the places I have visited around the world, few experiences have impacted me as deeply as learning about the Khmer Rouge and its devastating effect on Cambodia.
Travel is often about seeing beautiful places, meeting interesting people, and experiencing different cultures. But sometimes travel confronts us with humanity's darkest moments. Cambodia was one of those places for me.
As I visited sites connected to the Khmer Rouge era and learned more about what happened to the Cambodian people, I was struck by the scale of the suffering and the resilience of those who survived. It is one thing to read about history in a book. It is quite another to stand in the very places where those events occurred and hear the stories firsthand.
The experience reminded me that travel is not just about…