Cambodia, 24 May 2008

We arrived here in the evening of Tuesday 20th of May, about five days ago. It’s been a wonderful experience. Cambodia is another world completely. Our first visit was to the Toul Sleng, the genocide museum, at least to have a feel of the land, especially of their past. It was an agonizing experience to learn how cruel one man can be to another.

The museum was an old secondary school converted by the Khmer Rouge government to a prison during their reign of terror in the land. The evidences are still there. The instruments of torture and wickedness are still lying there.

In that prison, the best of the people were incarcerated, tortured and ultimately exterminated. Anyone with any trace of education, that could challenge the authority of the khmer rouges be it teachers, government officials, doctors, lawyers, all were herded into their place.