Our third day was dedicated to the Genocide Museum and the Killing fields. It is difficult to imagine that thirty years ago under the regime of Pol Pot these things could happen.

S-21 was the notorious Khmer Rouge prison, where more than 13.000 people passed on to their death

The courtyard of the former school is now quiet and peaceful

The poles, formerly used by students for fitness exercises, served as gallows.

One of the school buildings was in use as interrogation and torture center

A sober exhibition shows thousands of photos of the victims

Another building housed the prisoners. The barbed wire is to prevent the prisoners to commit suicide by jumping down.

More pictures of the museum and the Killing Fields can be found here

The road to the Choeung Ek Memorial passes through lush, green fields.

Choeung Ek was the place were the prisoners from S-21 were brought for extermination

The place contains the remains of 8985 bodies

Some burial pits have been excavated, many remain untouched

As a contrast we walked in the evening to the Boeng Kak lake to watch the sunset

One of the not so numerous mosques in Cambodia

Peaceful atmosphere at the lake side

With an appropriate sunset

We found it not so easy to find nice food, but this time it was not too bad.

We decided for hawker stall food this time

Phnomh Penh has a few famous icecream shops

And of course we had to try it