Yesterday on our day off, we visited the Killing Fields.This was very tough. You can read, hear, think, or talk about the Khmer Rouge, but experiencing it in person does not compare in any way. All approximately nine thousand bodies found, all for different horrific reasons, and still more not found and not dug up. When you walk in and you see one whole building full of skulls that show the many ways women, men, and babies were killed, it kills you in side. We began our tour by walking around the field, where there are "mass graves." These "mass graves" come in all sizes, probably 5 feet by 10 feet, 15 feet by 30 feet, and they were full of bodies, heads, jaws, and other bones that were destroyed by Pol Pot Regime. The bodies in the graves each had a reason for being there. Yanking of teeth, heads being cut off, babies being smashed, or substances they were given. It was absolutely crazy. To make this even harder, our tour guide had lost every single member of his family and he was the only one left. Ugh! I could not even imagine. I was not just seeing the holes that the bodies were put in, I was seeing the bones, clothes, blood all left behind. Even though this was tough, I will surely remember this forever and definitely recommend seeing this site when you visit Cambodia!
After, we went and visited the National Museum. This museum is home to many important statues and items found and dug up. They are beautiful! The outside of it is so pretty with amazing flowers and little sections of water. Some of us including me took this time to have a goofy photo shoot! Yoga poses. Very funny! Wait til you see the pictures.
XO
Anna
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