We set of around half eight in the morning to travel to Phnom Penh, the day started badly the bus turned up to take us to the bus station but there was no room so we? had to grab a Tuc Tuc to get us there..

We got on the bus and guess what there was only room for 2 of us that would mean one of us standing for 6 hours in the end they put us on another bus with the locals very nice.

The journey was ok we arrived in the Capital around half 3, as soon as we got of the bus we was surrounded by drivers trying to get our business.

we jumped on a Tuc Tuc and headed to the Okay guest house we got a room for three it cost $10 per night what a bargain....

later that evening we went out for dinner we headed to the riverside we found somewhere to eat.. we discussed what we would do the next day, In Phnom Penh is the Toul Sleng Museum this used to be a High school but was taken over by Pol Pots security forces (khmer rouge) turned it into a prison this was known as prison 21 (S-21)

In the Morning we just chilled and had a wonder around, we had arranged for a tuc tuc driver to pick us up at 13.30 outside the guest house... our driver was called Sophie (this is not how you spell it though)

He took us to the Prison it is extremely bleak looking you can still see blood on the floors in the class rooms where they housed the prisoners, The prison soon become the largest such center of detention and torture in the country. Almost all the people held at S 21 were later taken to the extermination camp at Choeung ek and were executed. Detainees who died during the torture were buried in mass graves inside the prison grounds.

During the first part of 1977 S-21 claimed a terrifying average of 100 victims per day, today S-21 has been turned into the Tuol Sleng Museum which is a testament to the crimes of the khmer rouge.

We spent an hour or so walking around the site there are photos of the victims on the wall and they still have the beds that the prisoners were shackled to and tortured, many were electrocuted and beaten they were kept in very small confined rooms.

As you can imagine the girls were very upset by this this is why i took the photos it is unbelievable that people can be so cruel especially against there own.

We left there and went back to shower we went for dinner in a local restaurant which help orphans all the proceeds go to help cloth them and educate them.. we had a few street kids coming up to us trying to sell you books ETC its hard not to give to them all but we gave them some food instead of money as your not sure if the money actually goes to them, Its pretty hard to see them beg but unfortunately the Cambodian government does not seem to help them it is left to aid workers ETC to help or tourists.

After dinner we headed back to the Guest house Shauna was feeling unwell so we put her to bed and just chilled downstairs in the restaurant watching the movie that was on, Claire and myself and decided we would pop over to the Cambodian palace?Hotel across the road in the morning to use the pool and gym and get some sun before visiting the Killing fields of Choeung EK in the afternoon.

We got picked up around 2 by Sophie.. the fields are about 15k out of down so we headed out we went pass loads of shanty towns and little street kids, when we arrived at the fields we hired a guide to take us around.

Between 1975 & December 1978 about 1700 Men, Women and Children (including 9 westerners) detained and tortured at S-21 prison were transported to the extermination camp of Choeung EK to be executed.

Many were bludgeoned to death to save precious bullets.

The remains of 8985 people many of them were found blind folded and bound were exhumed in 1980 from mass graves in this one time longan orchid.Some 43 of the communal graves here have been left untouched.Fragments of human bone and bits of cloths are around the disinterred pits. More than 800 skulls,arranged by sex and age are visible behind the clear glass panels of the memorial stupa which was erected in 1988.

We had a walk around it was very disturbing to think of how these people died children were beaten against tress to kill them adults were beheaded Etc, towards the end they even started to kill there own khmer rouge soldiers they would use bamboo to slice there heads of this took a long time and was meant to stop other soldiers becoming traitors.

As you can imagine the conversations were not exactly flowing on the way back to the guest house. That evening we went to a lovely Korean restaurant were you cook your own food it was fantastic.

Myself and Claire Did exactly the same the next morning went to the gym and then chilled by the pool till we had to meet our driver, our driver had arranged to take us to a local orphanage we bought to 50kg bags of rice for them and when we arrived we was greeted by loads of children from babies to teenagers they lived in wooden shacks the boys had there rooms and the girls had theirs. they had 3 class rooms where they learn to read and write they also learn English as well..

I was over whelmed by the little ones all they wanted was a big hug and someone to play with. i befriended a little boy who was mute we did a little bit of boxing together, we stayed for an hour or so then we went it was hard to say goodbye to them. Its a real shame because these kids will not be adopted because the government does not recognize this particular orphanage.

That evening our driver took us to somewhere the locals eat it was fantastic you have a gas cooker in front of you and you cook the meat yourselves, we had lots of meat and veg and beer and the total came to $12 we paid for Sophie to say thanks for being such a wonderful guide..

I was leaving in the morning as i had to be in Vietnam to catch my flight to Hongkong, we said our goodbyes in the morning.

I will miss both the girls but i'm sure we will catch up one day...