High five to myself for updating my blog again so soon!
We arrived in PP two days ago after a much more comfortable flight from KL and very smooth sailing seeing as Michael knows what he's doing here. We jumped straight into a 'Tuk-Tuk' (3-wheeled motorbike with carriage on the back) and head3ed to our guesthouse, called Number 9 sister, in the Boeng Kak area. It's stinking hot here which makes it a little uncomfortable at times, but I'm surviving with the heat. And the food! Meals here are somewhere between US$1 and US$4 for a big main and we've been eatinbg pretty much local rice and noodle dishes for every meal.. stomach is okay so far :)
I'm going to have to rush through what we've been up to cos the others have already nicked off back to the guesthouse for the day, but a quick run-down of yesterday and today.
Yesterday we went for a bit of a stroll into town, dodging motorbikes, cars and tuk tuks when crossing the road and trying to avoid stares and comments by the local men. We went to the central market, which has plenty of big brand name knock-offs and jewellery a well as food (but the food area is very stinky.. especially the fish!). I tried a fruit that I hadn't seen before, the woman just let me try some without paying.. Jackfruit! It's like a pineapple, mango and banana had a baby! Delicious! Then we wandered around to the river and down to the National Museum and Royal Palace. Some incredible stuff there, especially a big buddha statue with hundreds of diamonds on it. Everything here is just stunning, every effort put into beautifying the buildings and ornaments. And the people are just gorgeous, sweet and friendly. The feeling of safety here is so much higher than say, Mozambique where I wouldn't want to go places on my own.
So anyhoo.. today! We did our day of serious touristing today- Tuol Sleng Museum and the Killing Fields. Heavy stuff, and horrifying because it is such a young history, all of this happened not so long ago. We also visited an orphanage, suggested to us by our tuk tuk driver. He was with us all day and was a super cool guy with great english. We bought a big bag of rice before the orphanage and took it to them, which was a nice gesture I thought until we saw that plenty of other tourists had been brought to do the same. Still good I guess.
Tomorrow we're catching a bus to Siem Reap, bought our tickets already so we know that'll be okay. And Mick's done it before as well so that's comforting.
Wow been here for ages.. best be off now.
I got a 'condolences' email from monash south africa today, what a sad time it must be for my friends over there. It's a pity that I can't just go over there and give them a hug!
So time to go, shouldn't have ended on that note but on the lighter side, Cambodia is amazing. The people, food, history, everything.. I'm in love!
For Phnom Penh.. Yola out!
PS. No purchase as yet Dad, but plenty of beautiful women with airs of grace! :)
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