Cambodia: Phnom Penh

Hello again!

I am now in Cambodia with my sister. We initially wanted to travel through Cambodia into Vietnam. From Ho Chi Minh City all the way up to Danang then to Hanoi. Then from there, we'd cross the border into Laos and visit Vientiane and finally end our journey in Bangkok, Thailand. 

However, as fate has it, murphy's law seems to be up to it's mischief: I got an email telling me to return to school to continue my term on 30 September. Hence my trip has been cut short and my sister and I will be confining our trip to just Cambodia. 

Buzzkill aside, we made it to Phnom Penh in our piece and immediately made new friends from our dorm room. They are Rachel and Sally from the Uk. We were all strangers in the beginning but became real great traveling companions by the end of the day. We also became friends with Ambre from Belgium and Mariana from Mexico.

I blogged this on our bus towards Siem Reap and I promise to update soon, with video logs if I have the time to edit them. 

Sally giving a lovely smile!

Offerings for hindu gods.

Tuk Tuk Contingent.

Vegetarian Restaurant! Cindy and Rachel

Sally, me and Ambre at Eighty8's lobby.

Me, Cindy, Sally and Rachel at the Killing Fields.

Two Dirt Bike riders decked in full gear, paying their respect to the dead. 

Just as the signboard says.

At the genocide museum that used to be a primary school.

Beds where prisoners were chained to.

Cindy. Exhibition. Kids' drawings. 

Corridor of the prison.

Chain that were attached to prisoner's ankles.

Rachel paying her respects with joysticks.

Rachel, Sally and Cindy walking down stairs.

Creepy numbers.

Sally taking a photo.

Pol Pot, who was responsible for the deaths of millions of Cambodians. That explains his scratched up portrait. 

Sally, Cindy, Rachel and I posing with the statue.