The Killing Fields Museums

Today we went by car to the two museums commemorating the Genocide of the Khmer Rouge in the late 70's. It was very disturbing. The kids didn't go to a lot of it because it is just too much. We thought it was important that they see it, but not every detail. It is difficult to comprehend. I don't know if my mind was allowing myself to believe in it all because you are walking around in what is just a field with some holes in it. There are chickens scratching around like nothing is wrong. The signs tell you of the buildings that were there. I suppose because they are not there anymore, it is hard to imagine them actually being there. What went on in them is really beyond belief. The temple in the middle of the field is full of skulls, so that is the reality check.