Kingdom of Cambodia, Phnom Penh
Weather: Mostly sunny, hot and sweaty. Rain in the afternoon.
We had a really humbling experience this morning. We took a Tuk Tuk to visit the Killing Fields just outside Phnom Penh and then on to S-21, one of the prisons where people were tortured before being taken to the Killing Fields -- Whew.
Three million out of eight million people perished at the hands of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge in three years. Daily life for most Cambodians is still very hard, but it seems unimaginable to us that the Khmer Rouge could rise from a nation of people who from our experience are nothing but humble, kind and generous. Here are a few of those people we have met on our travels.
WE ARE EXCHANGING HERB NAMES
SHE SCULLED US INTO THE FLOODED FOREST
OUR BOAT DRIVER TO THE FLOATING VILLAGE
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