Maybe the most famous landmark is the killing
fields where the Khmer Rouge slaughtered people from Phnom Penh.
Each city had its killing field, but Phnom Penh's is very large.
It feels disrespectful to take pictures of all the skulls arranged
by sex and age, so I don't get any photos of the killing fields.
Next we go to a school converted to torture complex by the Khmer
Rouge, S-21 or Tuol Sleng, now a genocide museum. Many people who
live nearby have ghost stories to tell about this building.
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A major point of reference for us on our trip
to Phnom Penh is the Deutsche Press Agency where Eric works.
Here's the DPA in all its glory: the finest news source in all of
Phnom Penh. Eat your heart out, Cambodia Daily!
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At Wat Phnom, a temple in the city, we found
a tree full of bats and some rather lazy, but still entertaining,
monkeys. Monkeys are low-light, high-motion critters, so getting a
photo was tough, but here is our monkeysign!
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The highlight of our time in Phnom Penh was
meeting friends of Eric. One activity that we did in a group was
to take a day trip to a wat just outside of town called Phnom Chisor.
Here we climbed over halfway and are looking back down at the
steps up the hill.
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We were followed up the hill by a swarm of
children from the village below. Here, our friend David and Julie
sit at the top of the hill with some kids posed behind.
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Still at Phnom Chisor, Eric leads his own
little swarm of kids through the old temple.
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There are monks at the wat and while we are
there we hear a call to prayer and chanting. It is magical.
This is a picture of monk robes hanging out to dry in the evening
light.
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We stay on the hill to watch the sun set and
the moon rise, then clamber back down the hill for the bumpy van-ride
back to town.
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