We took this time to visit the Killing Fields just outside of the city. This is where a large number of Cambodians where killed & buried. It was a somber day...
This is a pagoda that was built in remembrance of those who died. Inside are bones and clothing that were found in the nearby fields.
I don't know if you can read the sign, but the soldiers grabbed babies by their leg & swung them against this tree to kill them.
The fields where they found mass graves.
After that, we went to an old school that had been converted to a prison camp during Pol Pot's regime.
It was devastating to think that a place where children once laughed & played & learned had been turned into such an evil thing. When the Vietnamese liberated Cambodia and entered this prison, they found bodies that had been tortured & left on the tables to rot. Phnom Penh was not a "fun" experience, but a very educational one.
After that, we headed to Siem Reap...where Angkor Wat is located. As I've already posted pics from a previous trip, I'll only post a few fun ones here...
Chad & I found this neat little place in the night market where they had "fish massages" so we decided to give it a try...
You put your feet in a little pool, and a bunch of little fish come & eat the dead skin off of your feet. It tickled like no other!!! We couldn't stop laughing!
I thought it was more of a pedicure than a massage...my feet were sooo soft after!
After Siem Reap, we headed back to Bangkok where we split up. I flew to Japan to visit some friends & Chad flew to Nepal to explore Mt. Everest.
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