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  2. 2013

Cambodia

Our first visit. Small country: big heart and big culture.
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As I walked the halls my mind had two completely different images in it: one a high school filled with giggly girls, and the other a house of torture. The halls were covered with barbed wire to prevent people from jumping out and committing suicide.
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As I walked the halls my mind had two completely different images in it: one a high school filled with giggly girls, and the other a house of torture. The halls were covered with barbed wire to prevent people from jumping out and committing suicide.

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  • This little girl's mother motioned for me to take a picture of her. She was a doll, as was her older sister, and then afterwards every time I walked past her she'd give me the biggest grin she could muster. So cute.
  • After Siem Reap and the temples at Angkor, we headed in to Phnom Penh to meet up with a couple good friends. Jed and Kayla put us up in their home and we really enjoyed their company. We took a day and toured the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng"> Tuol Sleng Museum </a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_killing_fields"> Killing Fields. </a> They're a vivid look into an awful past. I took photos not so much for fun, but so that others that may never make it to Cambodia can see.
  • The Tuol Sleng had rooms of photos and some newspaper clippings.
  • They photographed people before torturing them.
  • All sorts of ages are represented here. Young, old, children, men, and women.
  • She struck me, because she is holding a baby. There is a larger photo of her elsewhere, I believe she was noted because she was someone's wife.
  • As I walked the halls my mind had two completely different images in it: one a high school filled with giggly girls, and the other a house of torture. The halls were covered with barbed wire to prevent people from jumping out and committing suicide.
  • Door-shaped holes in the walls.
  • Makeshift prison cells.
  • The chalkboard still had scribbling on it.
  • Next we moved to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_killing_fields"> Killing Fields. </a> Here visitors have left bracelets all along the fence surrounding a mass grave. An audio tour shows you around the entire area.
  • Right next to a mass grave for women and children.
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