We left early to get to the Killing Fields in Phnom Penh. We were fairly sure that the trip would be confronting but unsure of how we would feel. When we got to the genocide museum we were given headphones and audio sets and head off to learn about the atrocities that had taken place in the not to distant past. The audio set the scene by retelling stories from people who had come to the killing fields and worked there. There was the story of a boy enlisted at 14...

Today was simply eye-opening!!! An eight o'clock start saw us on the bus and on our way to the killing fields. I guess we never really quite understood how carefree our lives were until we plugged ourselves into the audio guides and took a look at what was around us at the fields. The stories we heard were astonishing and will never be forgotten. Our understanding of the history of this country and the struggles that people faced not so long ago became even more...