Saturday- Woke up in Phnom Pehn and it was ready to take our suitcases downstairs and get on the bus! Before we officially headed out of town we went to a place called The Killing Fields where thousands of people were murdered and buried during the Khmere Rouge. Afterwards we drove back into town and toured the Kings Palace. After the Kings Palace we drove for HOURS, until we eventually reached Siem Reap.
Our hotel was really nice, and it felt so good to land on that soft bed. But we didn't have much time to relax before dinner, and after dinner we headed out to the Markets. I bought my most favorite pair of "pants" at the markets, I love them! Afterwards we hung out and walked around the city, then got back to the hotel later, showered and went to bed!
Sunday- ANGKOR WAT! Completely amazing! We rode in "tuk-tuk's" which are little covered carts drawn by motorbikes! haha. It was very interesting, and it felt so cool to be walking around all those ancient temples, and ruins. (You will see pictures soon, haha.) I had so any experiences today though. One of them being the children "beggars/sellers". It was so crazy, as soon as you walk or drive into the food and market areas you are hounded by children of all ages asking you to buy something they have. "One dolla... ten for one dolla... you have you have (talking about money)... you can buy." The broken-english phrases never end. They would walk by you and keep asking for you to buy something until you enter your restaurant, and as soon as you walk out they are right there again waiting. The hardest thing was that these kids are so cute and beautiful! They would always say "you so beautiful" and I would turn around and tell them no, and that they were. A few of the girls gave me a free bracelet for being "so nice," one girl even wrote me a note! They were precious. After we were done at Angkor Wat we bought paintings if we wanted then headed back to the hotel. We had a nice PIZZA dinner and then we went back to our hotel where we watched a traditional Cambodian-style dance show. Before bed we had church service, and then we slept!
Monday- After waking up it was time for breakfast and then into the bus for a daytrip. We left and drove through the town and country side until we made it to the Mekong River. We boarded a big boat and set off down the river to one of the river villages. We first stopped at a place where women who are uneducated can work and earn a living. Afterwards we visited a school. I absolutely loved all those kids. There were maybe a hundred of them in a "classroom" about the size of my living room. We handed out toys, candy, markers, and more. We also sang songs to them, and they sang songs in their language back to us. It was definitely an uplifting experience! After we were done here we rode back to the hotel, rested for a bit, then headed back out for dinner, where we watched a dance show again (very similar to the first). After dinner we went out to the markets again (different markets) I bought three paintings for twelve dollars! We walked around for a long time, then finally got a tuk-tuk to take us back to our hotel....after getting lost. We showed the driver which hotel we needed to go to, he said he knew the way. Obviously he did not know the way because we ended up on the opposite side of town. a twenty minute drive took us a good hour, but we finally made it back! I packed, and stayed up late to work on journals with Bri, then headed to bed.
Tuesday- we were all packed up. After taking our bags down stairs we ate breakfast at the hotel and then it was time to be off to the airport! It was a bit bittersweet. I really enjoyed Cambodia and I wasn't ready to go. I was going to miss all the kids, the people, Laska, and everything else about Cambodia. (I wasn't going to miss the sticky heat though!) Cambodia will forever be in my heart.... oh, and I WILL adopt a Cambodian baby!
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