Your pictures: Cambodia - my search for peace

1 of 10 This weeks collection of pictures is from BBC News Online reader Fraser Allen, who sent us photographs and thoughts from his recent trip to Cambodia. "No family in Cambodia is left untouched by the effects of the Pol Pot regime," he says.

2 of 10 "In 1975, this high school became the torturous Toul Sleng S-21 prison; ironically used for 're-education'. It is hard to imagine the emotional scars. Remnants of torture still remain - a battery box, a bed frame and shackles."

3 of 10 "Nearby, in Phnom Penh, spoils of the Vietnamese war offer a diversion for many travellers bored with black market CDs and books."

4 of 10 "Having shot the 'enemy' for $25 with an M-16 machine gun, I was offered a discount on throwing hand grenades into a pond ($35) or firing a rocket launcher ($100). I felt guilty enough as it was."

5 of 10 "It's best not to dwell on anything too long. Hitting the dusty roads on a hired motorbike was a great way to cleanse my mind. The countryside and the Khmer people are refreshingly welcoming."

6 of 10 "My search for serenity in Cambodia ends at the temple ruins close to Siem Reap. Angkor Wat was built in the reign of Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150 AD."

7 of 10 "Trainee Buddhist monks have found the coolest spots to contemplate life...

8 of 10 ...and exercise more than just their minds."

9 of 10 "The monks were curiously shy at first, but quickly developed a soft spot for my girlfriend. These two were keen to learn English and she gave our new friends a quick lesson."

10 of 10 "The temple hallways gave me overwhelming sense of peace. I was now happy to leave Cambodia without that lingering feeling of guilt."