We arrived in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, in the evening of the 12th July. We had dinner over looking the Mekong River, which at night was a pretty and peaceful view. I had the next morning free and so I explored the city by foot and went to the central markets and back to the river. Although I wasn’t so impressed by it’s murkiness in daylight!

In the afternoon we went to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum which is based in the secondary school that Poi Pot had turned it into a prison during his regime. It was here that several thousands of victims had been imprisoned and exterminated with their wives and their children. There was much evidence left of the atrocities that had occurred. This included the cells, instruments of torture, mug shots of the victims and some of their belongings. The Cambodian tour guide had been a child during the 1970’s and it was very sad to hear him tell us about his experiences of losing his father, brothers, uncles and cousins. We then went to the killing fields. Both the museum and the fields were very informative, yet extremely upsetting. I was definitely moved by what I learnt and saw, much of which I do not wish to write down.