A long bus ride later we arrived in Phnom Penh. We got acquainted at the hotel and then went for a walk in the evening. It was already pretty late but we found a little restaurant where we had a nice meal.

We took the optional activity the next morning to go the Killing Fields and learn about the Khmer Rouge. I knew a little about it already, but Kyle had less knowledge. The killing fields were something we had never experienced before and the emotional levels were extremely high - it was painful to hold back tears. They had excavated about 80 bodies but there were thought to be about 20,000 still there. This was only one of about 300 killing fields in Cambodia. The bones of the bodies and the clothes were still coming up through the ground and you could see it as it they rose. We went to the school which the Khmer Rouge had converted to a prison and where they had tortured government officials. The torturing was brutal and the government officials ended up lying and saying they knew things about other people to protect themselves. There were two of these officials who survived the torture and were there to meet everyone which was very emotional. It was a tough day but so important to see what had happened and be educated about it. - Danielle