230 Toul Sleng Genocide Museum
Toul Sleng was a school that was converted to a prison and re-education center during the Polpet years. A short Tuk-Tuk ride and we were met by a couple of guys sporting gastly scars. One missing a hand and leg. The other’s face, as you can see, was burned horribly.
Both are too young to have been imprisoned here. The amputee proablby stepped on a land mine. The burn victim? Who knows but it’s tough to get past them without giving them a hand full of Reil.
You just can’t make this up. His skin looks like barbequed chicken. He was friendly and tried to talk with us. He got the lions share of the money. A we handed it to him a big guy with only one leg rushed across the street. He held out his hand, I said, “No.” He got pushy. I pushed back and he folded.
There’s nothing that we can do for this young guy. We rarely give to those who beg but this was the exception.