After a not so busy day yesterday and a trip to the Russian Market in Phnom Penh, which was closed by the time Max and me got there, we decided to walk home, which was a very stupid idea since it was far far away and the mosquitoes were very mean. But we stumbled across a little temple, a wat, which was built in the 1970s by the present Kings uncle. It was already closed, but the monk opened it especially for us and told us its story and explained the paintings which showed Buddha's story. On the way back home we visited the Olympic Stadium, which is by no means Olympic, but has a metal device on its top where one could place the Olympic flame, just in case. It was already dark but people still kept doing aerobics up there. Afterwards we went to Lucky Burger, an exact copy of Mc Donald's, which was quite expensive but fun non the less. Burger King, Starbucks and Mc Donald's do not exist in Cambodia, but there are copies of those franchising companies that have the exact same logo or at least the same colors and use a different name.
This morning we took the bus Capital Bus to Siem Reap, my stop for the next couple of days, Max's workplace for the next 5 weeks. The bus was supposed to be air-conditioned, well, it wasn't, we took two brakes and always got off the bus soaking, just to sweat even more outside. The toilets of course, were an adventure, but nothing compared to what we saw in China. The ride was pretty cool though, because I got to see rural Cambodian peasant life. A couple of times we almost ran over a cow or school children on bikes, but nothing serious happened and we arrived after 5 hours on the bus in a happy daze. Mr. Dara, the project manager of Siem Reap picked us up from the bus station, saving us from 3 million tuk-tuk drivers and people offering their hotels and took us to some guesthouses. Turns out, rent here is very expensive, and we got a special deal of $4 instead of $5 for a pretty run down guesthouse smelling of fish. But the landlady seemed reasonably nice and it's just for the one night. If we have time we'll check out nicer hostels tomorrow.
I'll post pictures tomorrow.
This morning we took the bus Capital Bus to Siem Reap, my stop for the next couple of days, Max's workplace for the next 5 weeks. The bus was supposed to be air-conditioned, well, it wasn't, we took two brakes and always got off the bus soaking, just to sweat even more outside. The toilets of course, were an adventure, but nothing compared to what we saw in China. The ride was pretty cool though, because I got to see rural Cambodian peasant life. A couple of times we almost ran over a cow or school children on bikes, but nothing serious happened and we arrived after 5 hours on the bus in a happy daze. Mr. Dara, the project manager of Siem Reap picked us up from the bus station, saving us from 3 million tuk-tuk drivers and people offering their hotels and took us to some guesthouses. Turns out, rent here is very expensive, and we got a special deal of $4 instead of $5 for a pretty run down guesthouse smelling of fish. But the landlady seemed reasonably nice and it's just for the one night. If we have time we'll check out nicer hostels tomorrow.
I'll post pictures tomorrow.
1 comment:
happy to hear again from you.
i had a trip to ulm yesterday- very nice - sch.. weather
mama
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