Day 1 was a great way to start of this trip. We started with an orientation where we studied the language a little bit more in detail, did some team building activities, and went over some of the do's and don'ts and some of the customs. Afterwards we headed to Prison S-21. Prison S-21 was a high school that was turned into a prision, that is now a museum of where the torturing went on during the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979). Almost a few minutes when we started the tour, my heart sank to my stomach. Everything was so real. The pictures were all of torture victims, words can not explain what I feel every time I think back to that moment. It was all so terrible. We went to where all the prisoners were kept, and you would look in the closet size, you could see shackles and blood. It was so intense.
After S-21, we headed to the killing fields where the Pul Pot soldiers killed the prisoners. They would tell the victims that they were going to be taken out to pick fruit and bind their hands behind their backs and blindfold them and put them in mass graves. This place was so emotional. It was a lot to take in. In the middle of all the mass graves was a stupa where a lot of the skulls from the examined graves lie. Afterwards, we headed to the Olympic stadium where we saw a "Friendly International Football Game" between the Philippians and Cambodia. Cambodia was winning! :) We then went and did and 80's style aerobics dance thing right on the edge of seats of the stadium. That was such a great start.
No comments:
Post a Comment