Phnom Penh

We got the boat from SR to Phnom Penh which was a little cramped but only took 6 hours, so was grand. We passed the floating villages on the way and saw kids walking the plank to go to school on little boats!!! We didn't really like Phnom Penh that much, but we did the tourist think and visited The Killing fields and S21 school and as inappropriate as it seems we were brought to a shooting range on the way, so I (Ronan) decided to fulfill a lifelong ambition and try my hand at firing a machine gun, I have to say it wasn't a particulary enjoyable experience especially knowing what was coming next.

The Killing fields are quiet haunting and despite watching the movie before we visited its still incomprehendible what motivated Pol Pot and his followers to kill 2 out of 9m people (mostly adults) at the end of the 70's, which explains why currently 40% of the population is under 15. We can't say they were really enjoyable places to visit but would have been wrong to skip them.

We also thought it inappropiate to take photos at the killing field so everyone will have to make do with this photo of a fine selection of machine guns!!