Land mine museum and butterfly center

 Today we went to Land Mine Museum and the Butterfly center of Bantey serey. Land mine museum is an impressive showcase of one man's incessant pursuit to get rid of these pernicious devices. There are not many museums where you go and you encounter a pin drop silence. Considering my limited exposure to Cambodian history it was a crash course on the sanguinary regime that uprooted millions of Cambodians and resulted in massacre of over 6 millions. Its a somber reminder of how things can go wrong, so fast under a lunatic dictator.

  The butterfly museum was very interesting. They claim to have over 35 different species of butterfly. I learned the significant differences between moth and butterfly in terms of their antennas and the way they sit and their nocturnal and diurnal way of lives.