Okay, so while Toul Sleng left me feeling heavy and depressed, the Killing Fields, while no less horrific, left me with more of a feeling of awed reverence and solemn sacredness. The killing fields is where they found nearly 10,000 people buried in mass graves. They made a stupa in memorial of the people that died there. Conserved in the stupa are all the skulls of the victims that they found. I found that I have a really hard time viewing things like this and Toul Sleng. It hurt to see evidence of the terrible things that humanity is capable of. There were still bits of bone and cloth that was visible on the ground that had worked its way up after it rained. Nonetheless, there was a reverence that I felt here. It was a hallowed ground and a pristinely beautiful place.
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