Fair warning for those reading this update, there are disturbing photos!
We had a wonderful breakfast again.
“Our guy ”Vichet” picked us up right on time at 9 AM. We motored through the city heading south and after about 45 minutes we came to Choeung Ek Genocidal Center. Here is one of the numerous locations in Cambodia where Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge killed upwards of three million people (and without bullets; instead using hatchets, hoes, rocks etc after starving the people). We were given audio guides to listen to as we walked around the site. It was truly awful to hear some of the stories of those who survived this time period (late 70’s).In fact I had to stop listening to them. In this particular camp, graves have been found for almost 8,000 people (including babies and children).
This is only a small part of the dug up remains of the people killed (only skulls were placed here). I could have taken a photo from some distance away showing MANY racks of skulls.
Once we finished, it was back to the tuk-tuk and we went back to the city, with our next stop being the Russian market (the name comes from the time only Russian goods were being brought into the country). Caro did some serious souvenir shopping and we both picked up a piece of clothing.
I suspect this wiring is not up to code!
After that it was to our final stop; the S-21 prison camp, where we saw photos of the prisoners, oh which only seven people survived as after being tortured and starved they would have been shipped to the extermination camps like we saw in the morning. I am glad we went out to the killing fields earlier as the impact in S-21 prison was much greater knowing what happened to these poor people afterwards.
After returning to our hotel we went up.to the pool area for a couple of beers, While enjoying the sunshine Caro got an e-mail from AirAsia reminding us of the requirement for a Malaysian electronic entry form. This was news to us that we needed one. Apparently it started on Jan 1/24. Off we went to our room and completed the form on-line. Other than some misunderstanding on our part regarding how to enter certain information it went smoothly.
Supper was at the poolside restaurant again to watch the sunset.
Time to pack. Our ride gets here at 5:15 AM
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