Phnom Penh

Took a boat ride down to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.

Visited Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum which was a school the Khmer Rouge converted into a concentration camp called S-21 where they tortured 20,000 people. It was really sad to see the pictures of all the people who were brought to S-21, many were ordinary people, children, grandmothers, people from all walks of life. They have tried to keep S-21 just as it was when the Vietnamese Army arrived and ended the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror.

I also visited the Killing Fields where they now have a stupa which contains over 8000 skulls that have been excavated in from the mass graves. Monks pray day and night for the souls of the people killed there to be at rest.

You'd think the Cambodian people angry or depressed after what they've been through. But they are really happy and always laughing and having fun. Really have to respect people that have been through so much but still maintain a positive attitude.

I visited the Royal Palace, but unfortunately they don't allow you to take photos inside the palace.

Tonle Sap

Stupa at the Killing Fields


The Central Market, A really odd looking building that the French built.


The waterfront at sunset


The palace grounds.


Stupa for one the the past kings.


Mural depicting Cambodian history


Scale model of Angkor Wat


Surely these giant fish will devour Angkor Wat!!