Visited S-21, the detention center where the Cambodian genocide began. Graphic. Felt sick. Wanted to throw up.
Followed that with the killing fields just outside the city where the genocide actually occured. The guided tour brought everything together. How could something like this happen? The one thought going through my mind, "why?" Sobering experience.
On a different note...
Pyongyang Restaurant...once in a lifetime experience. Some may say that by eating there I helped fund communism, but the way I see it insight was gained from the experience.
We had a surreal and very candid conversation with our waitress which blew away my assumptions and expectations of the North Korean people. Talk of hopes, future aspirations, even relationships shed a light that they are just like you and me. Came away with a refreshing feeling. Hard to describe, but I think it had to knowing that we, all of us, are no different when it comes down to the core. We may have been brought up differently but we are still one in the same.
back in korea and haven't checked your blog in a long time but was wondering how you and your wild travels were faring. :) by the looks of pictures.... AMAZZING!!!
ReplyDeletebe safe! keep exploring! hopefully see you soon?! :)
where are you headed off to next in the coming weeks??
hope you're having fun! mom, dad and i went to the huntington library and they bought me some new magnets so that i can put up all of the postcards you've sent. :)
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