Monday, March 3, 2008

PICTURES!! - Part 2

The rest of Cambodia:
Toul Sleng S21 - Prison and Torture Center for the Khmer Rouge:
A cell where prisoners were kept.

Writing on the wall.


The Prison (old school) with barb wire so prisoners could not jump over the edge. The camera crew was there because one of the seven prisoners that survived was speaking of his time at TS.

What each floor looked like.


Small cells, each for one prisoner at a time. But each saw many.

At the Killing Fields:

Gathered clothes.
Discovered skulls.
Shelves of skulls.

Pieces of bones that remained.

Memorial stupa.
The fields where remains still lay uncovered. It is about the same size as the area where remains have been unearthed.
Many of the mass graves.
Clothes still have their color and are scattered all around the camp as well as pieces of bone.
Each ditch is a mass grave that has been unearthed.

Senmonorom, Mondol Kiri, Cambodia: Us, Cambodian red dirt clay and all, after riding on the back of the truck behind us for four hours!
Jessica B. and me on the back of our elephant!
Our elephant!
Jessica M. and Graham's elephant!

The view from our elephant, looking back to the jungle we just went through!
Tons of fun but our bottoms hurt so bad and we were cramped from sitting in the tiny basket!
It was a great experience!!

2 comments:

Mom said...

Great pictures. The views of the prison and killing fields are very moving.
Love
Sue

Anonymous said...

Hi Sarah. Telling pictures from so much history, most of it very sad. The worst image for me is the Killing Fields. Pol Pot and his demons - such a tradgedy!

Stay safe, and will you ever come home?

Charles