Danger Mines!
Instead of Rome all the roads lead to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. I say that because everywhere we go we always have to travel through Phnom Penh (the capital). So on thursday we arrived late in the evening and on the way we managed to meet a Finnish guy. Well you don't meet too many Finnish persons here and it was quite a coincidence that he happened to be from the same city where I was born.
The next day us three Finns and a German girl went together to see some of the horrible things that have happened in Cambodia. We went to the Killing Fields where the Khmer Rouge systematically killed approximately 2,5 million of Cambodians during the 70s. We also went to S21, which was a prison where they tortured the people first. I can definitively say that it was not a nice day, but we learned a lot about the history.
From Phnom Penh we went north to Siem Reap to see one of the wonders of the world. We were in Siem Reap for three days and saw a lot of temples of Angkor. We went there one morning at 5.30 to see the sunrise. I think that we both took at least 100 pictures during these three days and probably all of them include Japanese tourists, so we were not the only tourists there. We hired a tuktuk-driver who took us to the temples that we wanted to see. He was really nice and at the end when we thanked him for everything he was very thankful that we had given him a job. At the temples of Angkor there were also a lot of kids working. It was sad to see that they also had to work but we talked to many of them and they said that in the mornings they go to school and in the evenings they work.
From Siem Reap we came to Sihanoukville via Phnom Penh and we have been here for two days. Now we have just been relaxing and been to the beach. Tomorrow we will go to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam via Phnom Penh. I must say that I really like Cambodia. The people are very friendly and intelligent. The country still has a lot of problems that it is struggling with like e.g. landmines in many places. Something that is very similar to Laos is the smell of smoke everywhere. People seem to burn their own waste and you can smell the smoke. When travelling here with bus on the bumpy roads the buses also have to stop occasionally due to the cows who feel like crossing the road.
Oh I and I almost forgot to mention that I have a new way of starting smalltalk with people, which is just by looking at them. My right eye is half red of blood and people always point at my eye and ask what happened. They also wonder if I can see and if have had this problem since I was born. Well my explanation sounds a bit weird, cause it starts with a minor foodpoisoning in Bangkok. I vomited and after that my eye has been red. This was almost two weeks ago and my eye is getting better slowly.
The next day us three Finns and a German girl went together to see some of the horrible things that have happened in Cambodia. We went to the Killing Fields where the Khmer Rouge systematically killed approximately 2,5 million of Cambodians during the 70s. We also went to S21, which was a prison where they tortured the people first. I can definitively say that it was not a nice day, but we learned a lot about the history.
From Phnom Penh we went north to Siem Reap to see one of the wonders of the world. We were in Siem Reap for three days and saw a lot of temples of Angkor. We went there one morning at 5.30 to see the sunrise. I think that we both took at least 100 pictures during these three days and probably all of them include Japanese tourists, so we were not the only tourists there. We hired a tuktuk-driver who took us to the temples that we wanted to see. He was really nice and at the end when we thanked him for everything he was very thankful that we had given him a job. At the temples of Angkor there were also a lot of kids working. It was sad to see that they also had to work but we talked to many of them and they said that in the mornings they go to school and in the evenings they work.
From Siem Reap we came to Sihanoukville via Phnom Penh and we have been here for two days. Now we have just been relaxing and been to the beach. Tomorrow we will go to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam via Phnom Penh. I must say that I really like Cambodia. The people are very friendly and intelligent. The country still has a lot of problems that it is struggling with like e.g. landmines in many places. Something that is very similar to Laos is the smell of smoke everywhere. People seem to burn their own waste and you can smell the smoke. When travelling here with bus on the bumpy roads the buses also have to stop occasionally due to the cows who feel like crossing the road.
Oh I and I almost forgot to mention that I have a new way of starting smalltalk with people, which is just by looking at them. My right eye is half red of blood and people always point at my eye and ask what happened. They also wonder if I can see and if have had this problem since I was born. Well my explanation sounds a bit weird, cause it starts with a minor foodpoisoning in Bangkok. I vomited and after that my eye has been red. This was almost two weeks ago and my eye is getting better slowly.
posted by viviendolavidaloca at 2/14/2007 02:20:00 ip.
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