..a very evocative day in Phnom Penh, at S21 & the infamous 'Killing fields'.How could this have been allowed to happen, i'll never understand. The mass graves are exactly still that - we were walking on paths encrusted with 30yr old human bones, & shreds of clothes of the countless victims sticking out of the ground like saplings, this photo is one of the more sobering ones. Our guide, who comes here twice a week still cries each time... And yet, the same city houses huge buddhas made entirely of emerald, or pure gold (housed in the royal temple above)...another example of how at odds with itself Cambodia has been.The capital is as welcoming & charming as Siem Reap - & after all they've endured - how the people smile so much is another inspiring mystery.
Work starts tomorrow..
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