My trip to Cambodia...pics

[akunochi]

Well some of you know I just got done with a mission to Cambodia for the last few months. I thought I would share some of the pictures. Feel free to comment.

Phnom Penh

Elephants in traffic

Me and the elephant

Took some of their soldiers out to do mortar shots. It is 7 shots in a real mortar round. DO 3 and get the shirt.

Teaching Demolitions

More demo

Mountains in KC

Demo piles

The other pile

The result from 1KM out

We taught them how to shotgun

 

[akunochi]

The temple from Tomb Raider.

Some shots from the Ankor wat

Hope you enjoyed

 

[akunochi]

SR21 (Torture camp) and the killing fields

 

[Reefdaddy1]

Totaly Cool Bro, What Group you in? I was 7th group for 13 years. Last time I was that close to Cambodia I was in Thailand in 75. Bring back some very fond memories.

 

[akunochi]

1SFG now. Thailand was crazy. Cambodia is similar but just a lot poorer.

 

[returnofsid]

Wow, great pictures and thanks for sharing them!! That must be quite a culture shock!! The pictures of the traffic are really enlightening. Love the pics of the temple. The amount of craftsmanship and YEARS that must have went into building that is unimaginable!!!

 

[akunochi]

The temples are amazing you're right. It is one of those things where you can't really relate to it until you've seen them in person.

The main temple has a man made moat that is something like 80 ft deep and runs for nearly 3 KM!!!!

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Amazing photos, WOW,! Now feel like going and doing some work there too.
Thanks! How many mines and bombs you guys get destroyed?

 

[roscoe]

Very nice Seth!!!! Home of my birth place!! I have yet to return to visit. I was only 2yrs when I arrived to the states. My family hiked over 200 miles to Thailand dodgeing bullets and hiding under dead bodies to get our freedom! My dad and grand dad's pics should be amongst those pics of the tortured in SR21. If it wasn't for them convincing them to take them 1st and stall for time myself and none of my family would be here today. To this day we don't know how my dad and grand dad were executed. I swear if Poulpot is still alive I would love to choke the life out of him along with the rest of his spineless clan!!! I lost half of my family to that *******! Just typing this brings tears to my eyes. He took so many loved ones away from his own people! I never got to know my father or grand father.

 

[Myteemouse]

Sarang rest easy Knowing Poulpot is in hell burning for eternity for his Evil deeds...

 

[roscoe]

Sarang rest easy Knowing Poulpot is in hell burning for eternity for his Evil deeds...

He killed my dad and grand dad because my dad was a prominent teacher and grand father was a great sculpturer. Any one that had a trace of education or craftman were executed. I would follow him to hell just to rekill his ass!!! He had a nice peacefull death!! He should've died worst than what he did. The sad thing is that there are some of his regime that is still alive and living in the states comfortably. If I only knew where they reside. I totally believe in eye for an eye. His regime killed over 2 million cambodians!! There is not one cambodian family that was not touched by this. It is sad to know and understand the histroy of the khmer people. How we were once a very powerfull empire that ruled most all of south east asia to what it is now. The country is sorrounded by ancient ruins and temples all man made. Ankor Wat is one of the 7 wonders of the world. There is tremendous amount of history that few know about Cambodia.

 

[akunochi]

Amazing photos, WOW,! Now feel like going and doing some work there too.
Thanks! How many mines and bombs you guys get destroyed?

I would say we disposed of roughly......

120 41mm mortars, 80 82mm mortars, 30-40 AT mines, a bunch of russian artillery and a couple of big bombs that we burnt out.

Very nice Seth!!!! Home of my birth place!! I have yet to return to visit. I was only 2yrs when I arrived to the states. My family hiked over 200 miles to Thailand dodgeing bullets and hiding under dead bodies to get our freedom! My dad and grand dad's pics should be amongst those pics of the tortured in SR21. If it wasn't for them convincing them to take them 1st and stall for time myself and none of my family would be here today. To this day we don't know how my dad and grand dad were executed. I swear if Poulpot is still alive I would love to choke the life out of him along with the rest of his spineless clan!!! I lost half of my family to that *******! Just typing this brings tears to my eyes. He took so many loved ones away from his own people! I never got to know my father or grand father.

Yeah I met a lot of survivors. One guy sat with me and told me his story. He now owns and operates a nice french villa style hotel in Kampong chenang. SR-21 and the Killing fields were a very somber day in a whirlwind of drinking and partying. It is very irritating to see the regime itself just waiting for a trial in a corrupt and undeveloped legal system.