Thursday, March 17, 2011

Life, in no particular order..



Escaped to the beach for a few weeks. Deserted island style. Paradise. (oh, and i held an octopus. Dope.)


Haven't eaten chips in a minute. Salt and Vinegar all the way. 30 seconds.


The Killing Fields from the Khmer Rouge Genocide. A popular tourist attraction in Phnom Pehn, but when you get there you realize how real and how devastating it was/is. Walking through the mass graves an eerie, unsettling feeling comes over you as you realize -- visualize what happened here over 30 years ago. The Khmer Rouge was a communist party in Cambodia in 1975 and sought to purify Cambodia of external influences and any Westernization. They began killing off anyone who had any sort of education, even those who wore glasses as it was seen as a sign of intelligence. They moved everyone from the cities to the countryside and had them work as slaves until they either died of starvation or were killed at the hand of the Kmer Rouge. About 2 million were killed during this time and hundreds of thousands were killed and mercilessly and thrown into these mass graves. It was a chilling experience and it hit me hard standing there and seeing teeth, bones and bits of clothing still sticking out of the ground.



A ride through the fields...


I volunteered in an orphanage in Takeo, Cambodia called New Futures Organization. We helped to build the children a new playground, taught them English, played soccer and other games with them after school. It was a great experience.





New jungle gym for the kids. My main man T. in the foreground.



Riding the hour back from the village school through the fields. Stopped for some fresh picked watermelon with some nice locals. Language barrier but nevertheless a great afternoon.



Village school.


And back to the beach for some vacation time. That never ending vacation.....

1 comment:

  1. Hey Charlotte!

    Where the heck are you now? Haven't seen a blog from you lately!

    Heather
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