Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Woke up to a quiet morning after a good night's sleep. We crashed around 8p, both sitting up in bed with the tv on. I think we both thought the other was still watching.

Half-clear skies from our room this morning, but the anticipated thunderstorms were absent.

A quick walk to the Russian Market as it was opening. I tried to get some photos, but the pictures that early all suffered a ghosting from the humidity and fogging on the lens.

I didn't attempt any pictures inside the Russian Market itself. It was even muggier than outside.
We did have our first experience trying to cross a busy street. We eventually learned to just get out there, though we did follow on the heels of a brave woman carrying her wares. She didn't even look left or right.








Some very clever electrical work.





We moved to another of Frangipani's other hotel, Villa-60s, hidden behind this lovely shade of green growth.





































We took a tuk tuk ride to get some lunch, and I brought the gopro with me to record a taste of it. This was a relatively tame ride...



We actually stayed on our side of the road for a majority of this excursion. 

We visited Tuol Sleng, the genocide museum where the Khmer Rouge tortured thousands of people. It was a very sad visit. The KR took a photo of every individual taken there, including some of their own cadre. 

It was very overwhelming, only 7 people imprisoned there survived to talk about it. 

Tomorrow we're going to track down the old US embassy, and then catch a flight to Siem Reap.

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