2015 - MEKONG RIVER - Killing fields & Genocide museum

THIS ENTRY WILL NOT BE APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE AS SOME OF THE PHOTOS ARE DISTURBING ...

I TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF NOT TAKING THIS TOUR TODAY BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, I DECIDED TO GO & AM GLAD I DID ...

WE DROVE THROUGH PHNOM PENN TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE KILLING FIELDS .. HERE WE WAITED FOR THE GROUP TO GATHER ...

SEEN THROUGH THE TREEES, WHAT APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER PLEASANT PAGODA ...

UP CLOSE IT DOES NOT LOOK SO PLEASANT .. HUNDREDS OF SKULLS OF THE VICTIMS OF THE KILLING FIELDS . I WILL NOT BE SAYING TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON LINE .. CHILLING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT

THE FIELDS ARE STILL LITTERED WITH PARTS OF PEOPLE ...

THE ENCLOSURE ARE WHERE SOME KILLINGS TOOK PLACE ...

GRISLY REMINDERS OF ATROCITIES - OFTEN BY CHILDREN AGAINST CHILDREN ..

INSIDE THE PAGODA NOW - I SQUEEZED MY WAY AROUND THE VERY NARROW WALKWAY THAT WINDS ITS WAY AROUND INSIDE .. BONES & SKULLS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, REACHING UP THE HEIGHT OF THE PAGODA ..

ON THE STEPS OUTSIDE & TIME TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH ... PHEWW!

BACK IN THE BUS - RIDING THROUGH PHNOM PENN ..

NOW TIME FOR SOME MORE HORROR INSIDE THE GROUNDS OF THE GENOCIDE MUSEUM .. A FORMER SCHOOL USED AS A TERROR CAMP BY THE REGIME ..

PHOTOGRAPHS OF VICTIMS ...

PHOTOGRAPHS OF KILLERS .. CHILDREN INDOCTRINATED TO KILL ..

TORTURE EQUIPMENT ..

THE ELDERLY MAN IS A SURVIVOR OF THE 'SCHOOL' ..

A SHRINE SURROUNDED BY RAZOR WIRE ...

HARD TO BELIEVE THIS ALL HAPPENED IN CAMBODIA BY CAMBODIANS - WHO I FOUND TO BE SUCH A GENTLE PEOPLE. THE NEED FOR SURVIVAL CAN TURN GOOD PEOPLE BAD.

NOT THE BEST DAY OUT I HAVE HAD BUT AN EXPERIENCE I AM GLAD TO HAVE GIVEN MYSELF ..