CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh
Along the Tonle Sap River
Cambodian rice fields from the air
In the National Museum
plane tickets to Cambodia: $1500
entry fee: $5
playing cribbage among priceless relics: priceless
National Palace
Spirit House, National Palace

Dan and Naga

National Palace
This out of place French house was a gift from Napoleon III

National Palace
Mekong River
Mekong River
Would love to say that we saw dozens of elephants in the street, but this was the only one
The Killing Fields, Choeung Ek
mass graves in the foreground
About 9000 skulls
Most victims were clubbed or beaten to death to save bullets
Many bodies are still buried. As you walk along, you see pieces of bones protruding and layers of clothes of the dead
A tree where much hacking to death took place. Note the many knife cuts
Tuol Sleng Prison, S-21
where much of the intercalation and torture for the capital took place. A former school
Tuol Sleng Prison, S-21
cells... though most prisoners were chained by the ankle to a long metal bar in open rooms
Tuol Sleng Prison, S-21
Tuol Sleng Prison, S-21
what was so chilling was the sheer ordinariness of the place. Hard to believe it was the scene of such hell
The Khmer Rouge were meticulous in their records. These photos of the prisoners must come from the period after all the nonparty member were killed and they started killing cadre. Note the similarities in the hair styles and dress of the women
Same is true for the men
Tuol Sleng Prison, S-21
Tuol Sleng Prison, S-21
Morning glory fields

 
It took a while for us to figure out that this is gasoline, sized for motos
Sunset on the Mekong...

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