We then went on an ox cart ride. Martin Luther (founder of the Lutheran religion) was told by his wife when he had kidney stones to take an ox cart ride on a bumpy road. We should be set! W visited the home of a lady who makes rice moonshine. I didn’t try it as the manufacture was less than clean.
In the afternoon we went to the genocide museum and killing fields. The brutality and cruelty of the Khmer Rouge was horrifying. I still can’t get my head around how such a civilized, kind people who have followed Buddhism could become such monsters. I didn’t take any photos at the genocide museum which was set in a a prison from the time. There were photos of the prisoners and the guards as well as the cells and some of the torture instruments. Of the close to 4000 prisoners ar this particular prison, only 7 survived. One of them was there to answer questions. I wasn’t sure I wanted to see this, but I understand how important it is to confront those demons. Looking around Phnom Penh now with all it’s urban hustle and bustle, it’s so hard to imagine. Our guide explained that Buddhism has helped people accept and move on. Me, I want to come back in the next life as a cobra and get revenge. Need to work on that.
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