A hapless paddy on tour

The Dutch girls and I set off for the Killing fields at about 11 in the morning. At the main site there lies a stupa with bones and clothes from some of the victims. The bullet holes and craters left from the impact of blunt instruments were plain to see on the numerous skulls on display. For an area with such a terrible past it now seemed a quit and tranquil place. We spoke to a guide there who was moved to tears when talking about the hardship the people experienced under the Khmer Rouge. I found it hard to believe that blood brother no 2 & 3 have still evaded justice to this days. I can't even begin to think what the Cambodian people think of this major injustice. After the killing fields we headed to the National museum and then onto the genocide Museum, S21. This converted school was home to some of the most vial and gruesome acts committed during the reign of the Khmer rouge. Of the 20,000 people detained here only 7 survived. One of the survivors dedicated many paintings to
the museum detailing the torture and despair of the time. Its strange to think that even my motot driver could have been a persecuted peasant, or even worse, a homicidal maniac.

In the evening we sat around the hostel and had beers as it was the Dutch girls last night.

Conor...

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