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Approximately 4 km from the World Heritage ruins of Angkor Wat, Aki Ra’s Landmine Museum in Siem Reap is a must see spot in Siem Reap Tourist Attractions in Cambodia. May be that the Cambodian tourism boom feels a million miles away amidst this bumpy, unsealed road amongst a small, young rural community, however, without including this museum, Sightseeing in Siem Reap will not be completed. Opened to the public in 1999, Aki Ra’s Landmine Museum in Siem Reap consists of a simple corrugated iron building, surrounded by a handful of roughly built sheds and open air sleeping and eating quarters. Mr Aki Ra who is a 31 year old mine clearer is the founder and director of this museum. It is solely because of Aki Ra’s clearance of landmines that a local village of 500 has grown up around the museum site. Aki Ra has not only cleared the mines but also educated his neighbors on mine awareness, safety and first aid. In this area you will find the techniques behind the manufacture, design and placement of landmines. Here you will be able to see the video footage taken by one of the English volunteers showing the subtle art of pointing and detonating the device that Aki Ra employs. Undoubtedly, this is heart-stopping exercise to watch, even on film. We have a general idea regarding museum that it has to be associated with historical events of long past. However, here at Aki Ra’s Landmine Museum in Siem Reap you will experience a different thing. Here the displays are fresh and that precisely has been drawing visitors to this point of interest. Apart from this beautiful piece of construction, Tourist Attractions in Siem Reap talk elaborately about Bayon Temple in Siem Reap, Terrace of the Leper King in Siem Reap, Terrace of the Elephants in Siem Reap and Beng Melea in Siem Reap.
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