The next morning, after breakfast, we jumped into our tuk tuks and headed for the Killing Fields. On the way out of town we passed the independent monument, which resembles a tower from Angkor Watt. People hung out underneath grabbing a bit of shade.
Along the road we stopped to take a few pics of the buildings that people live in. The houses sit on stilts to escape the water in case of flooding.
There were rooms with long corridors that had paper targets at the end. They brought out a menu with the different gun selections ranging from AK 47s to rocket launchers.
Then next stop was the Killing Fields. This is area where the dictator Pol Pot had thousands of people slaughtered.
The area is covered with signs detailing the atrocities for all the world to know. Being there is more immediate and sobering than any history or guide book especially since the main building houses the skeletal remains of victims visible through the glass windows.
To Be Continued!
