We knew today would be an emotional and profoundly disturbing day, but one which anybody in Cambodia must do to understand what they have been through and how well they have come out of it.
The visit to to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and then a tour of The Killing Field is an experience that brings you close to the darkest depths of mankind's capacity for brutality. From 1975 until 1979, an estimated 17,000 prisoners were tortured at Tuol Sleng and died, or were executed in the nearby Killing Fields.
The museum is the school which back in 1975 was converted to a prison of torture where all but 7 of the detainees died of starvation, torture and suicide,or being found guilty of being a traitor and taken to the Killing Field for execution. The Khymer Rouge kept details of every prisoner, perhaps what is most haunting is the look in the eyes of the newly arrived, one wing of the buildings is dedicated to these very arrival photos. Thousands upon thousands of people staring at you across history....... some terrified, some bewildered.
We also watched a 60 min documentary of a family over that 5 year period, it was difficult to watch in parts very sad and emotional, and for me sometimes difficult to hold back the tears.
Back at our Guesthouse we stood at a cross roads for 15 mins or so and took these photographs.
ANOTHER ROAD SWEEPER CLEARING LEAVES
The visit to to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and then a tour of The Killing Field is an experience that brings you close to the darkest depths of mankind's capacity for brutality. From 1975 until 1979, an estimated 17,000 prisoners were tortured at Tuol Sleng and died, or were executed in the nearby Killing Fields.
The museum is the school which back in 1975 was converted to a prison of torture where all but 7 of the detainees died of starvation, torture and suicide,or being found guilty of being a traitor and taken to the Killing Field for execution. The Khymer Rouge kept details of every prisoner, perhaps what is most haunting is the look in the eyes of the newly arrived, one wing of the buildings is dedicated to these very arrival photos. Thousands upon thousands of people staring at you across history....... some terrified, some bewildered.
We also watched a 60 min documentary of a family over that 5 year period, it was difficult to watch in parts very sad and emotional, and for me sometimes difficult to hold back the tears.
Back at our Guesthouse we stood at a cross roads for 15 mins or so and took these photographs.
ANOTHER ROAD SWEEPER CLEARING LEAVES
STREET SELLERS
CYCLO CARRYING PASSENGER
CYCLO WITH PASSENGER AND HIS MOTORBIKE
MOTORBIKE WITH PASSENGER AND HER BIKE
MOTORBIKE TOWING LONG LOAD
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