Phnom Penh Day 3

Yesterday we had a really busy day in Phnom Penh. I'm running a little behind on the blog so I'll make it quick. Or not.

We started the day going to the Killing Fields. It was really sad. Over 2 million people were murdered in Cambodia between 1975-1979. The Khmer Rouge took over the country, and forced everyone to back into the stoneage. If you didn't follow all the rules you were killed. No working, No smiling, no artistic ways, no education. No public jobs, only peasant manual labor, There were around 10,000 people killed at the killing fields, They were all bludgeoned to death, because bullets cost to much. There was a big Stupa were thay placed all the bones that were found there. Brad and I saw bones still in the dirt as we were walking around.

We then went to S21 were the people were jailed and tortured before they were brought to the killing fields. Again it was really sad. But a part of history that I hope never repeats it's self.

We finished off the day on a brighter note we visted the Royal Palace, It was breathtaking. Very similar to the one in Bangkok but worth the money.

We were taking the night bus to Siem Reap. Which left at midnight. This left us with some freetime. So we got a nice 90 minute Khmer Massage for $15. We have been doing a ton of walking around so our bodies were beat.

Were in Siem Reap now. I'll try to get a blog of today up soon.