Phnom Penh

We had a nice boat ride up the Mekong to Phnom Penh with a short stop at the border. As soon as we passed the border the river traffic dropped significantly as did the number of buildings along the river.  Arriving at PP we grabbed a taxi for a short ride to the hotel Fancy Guest House.  The hotel is located right down town which made it good for walking.  There is a lot less traffic here (2 million people).  We walked around the center of town after we arrived, but were to late to see the Imperial Palace.  The next day we hired a tuk tuk for the day, with driver for $20.  We went to church first, it was the International Branch, with people from all over.   Then we headed to the Killing Field Memorial and toured those grounds.  About 20000 people were killed here at night. They were bludgeoned to death as bullets were to expensive.  Children and babies were slammed against a tree.  The tall Stupa is a memorial to all killed by the Khmer Rouge who killed around 2 million in a little over three years.  Bones and clothing from the dead still appear

on the Killing Field. We then toured SS 21 were they had tortured people before they sent them to the Killing Field. Only 12 people survived SS 21.
We tried to tour the Palace grounds on the way back but just missed it again.  Tomorrow we are off to Seim Reap and the temples.  I also need to find a new plug in for the iPod as the old one is not working and the iPad is nearly dead.