Cambodia Photos: Day 7

Whew! It took me a long time to upload all these, but it's still a nice closure for the trip. To start off, here are some class photos. The primary 1 and 2 photos are missing because I didn't get a chance to photograph them.

This is the primary 3 class, the one YM and I taught. You may notice I am not in it...well that's because I was taking the photo. The ones the other teacher took were far too blur.

The primary 4 class...

The primary 6 class...


The primary 5 class...


More candid photos of the kids! Final final chance to take them...my Cambodian angels. Just looking at the photos makes me miss them all over again.

Such vitality, such spirit! And to imagine these children live in a country whose history is rife with suffering, as has been documented in the Genocide Museum.

Entrance to Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, which was a school-turned-hall of horrors.


Graves...


Preserved cells showing the conditions under which prisoners suffered and were tortured. Black and white photos on the walls of each cell depict the state in which the cells were found, with the bodies torn beyond repair. The prisoners were chained to this metal frame for torture, and only had a small canister for a toilet (see 2nd photo).



This wooden frame was used to hold climbing ropes for the children's PE, but was later turned into a dunking device, where prisoners were suspended in large containers of water as a form of torture.


Photos of those who died in this concentration camp are housed within the halls of the museum. Men, women and children alike died brutal deaths under the Pol Pot regime.


Another day gone, closed finally by a spectacular Cambodian sunset that betrays the cries of the dead.


And so ends the Cambodian series. I hope it was informative in some ways (though I did not intend for it to be an entire travel guide for Cambodia), and most of all I hope you enjoyed browsing. I hope to put up the New Zealand photos as soon as I have the time and patience, so look forward to that and more of my daily shots! (: