Killing of the Innocents.

A day of reflection and sadness.

A day of learning about the terrible atrocities that happened between 1975 and 1979 to the Cambodian people.

If you are unable to visit Cambodia or didn't get taught about the massacres or you just don't remember, please read about it.

Today was the saddest day I've ever had; I cried, I remembered, I listened and I reflected on the torture and deaths of so many innocent people including children.

I'm not going to put statistics on here apart from this one: 1 in 4 Cambodians lost their lives.

I kept seeing the dates of 1977, 1978 on the prisoner records and reminded myself of what I was doing... I was having an amazing childhood oblivious to what was happening in a country I'm now visiting. This happened in my lifetime.

It didn't take pictures during the visits, that felt wrong, until the end, as I felt the memorials should be my memories from the trip. Although what learnt will stay with me forever.Read more