this lovely shrine was in the grounds
this is a Buddhist shrine to the people who were killed here
one of the burial places, there are still bones coming to the surface from time to time
very old Chinese graves
back to the Shrine, it has many skulls in it. I stopped taking photos after these few, it was just a sad place and taking photos seemed disrespectful
Views from the bus window as we were driving to the genocide Museum
meat delivery
Rambutans on the move.
I didn't take any photos in the museum apart from this one with this gentleman
he was captured by the Pol Pot regime and his wife and 6 children killed, he was being tortured when a man came into the room and asked if he could fix a typewriter, he was a sewing machine repair man, so had a look, fixed it and that saved his life.....he remarried when he was let out of prison to a woman who had lost her entire family and now has another 6 children. He gets no pension from the government despite working all his life, so he has published this book, which he sells for $10 US to the tourists, partly to support him self and his family but mostly to make sure the story of what happened to many many people is told and spread around the world. He is another person who exudes peacefulness and calm.
I agree, a sad day. These stories must be told or they will be forgotten and repeated.
ReplyDeletePeople have short memories, so as sad as it is, history and people's lives must be remembered, so that future generations can learn from it.
ReplyDeleteso many places have periods of awful history. I can understand the feeling of disrespect taking pictures. Wonderful to meet a man who has dealt with that horror and come to terms with it in such a positive way and now letting people know what happened.
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What an interesting story, I think his calm and peacefulness is being spread as his story is shared.
ReplyDeleteI can only hope there are many tourists and they all buy his book.
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