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| unidentifiable food |
As Eric, Janice, Dorthe and I got out of our tuk-tuk
we were swarmed by many Cambodian children attempting to use their English with
us and trying to be our tour guides.
Being a Sunday we tried to lose the children by walking through the
street market first, however, we did need their help to figure out all the “strange”
interesting foods we were viewing. And
in the end each one of us had our own tour – 4 boys all friends!
We actually walked up the back stairs only 136
stairs (versus the front stairs 563) and then walked the remaining stairs in
increments! At the top of the first set
of stairs was a large temple with a giant golden Buddha in it. We also saw many smaller temples with
Buddhas, some stupas, some animal temples and 3 huge stupas made for Cambodia’s
kings. The views from this height were
breath-taking. In one direction were
just beautiful green fields (though the boys informed us that those were
killing fields) and there was a large factory owned by the Chinese. In the other direction you could see Phnom
Penh and the flood waters.
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| Royal Palace |
We also went to the Royal Palace for a quick
tour. The highlights were the Royal
Palace and the Silver Pagoda. The Royal
Palace is used for the residence for the king, a venue for court ceremonies and
as a symbol for the Kingdom. The Silver
Pagoda is different than most pagodas (where monks live) as its entire floor is
made of silver, there are many precious Buddhist and historical objects there
including an Emerald Buddha. But unlike
most pagodas no monks live in this one.
I ended my day with a mojito at the Elephant Bar in
the Raffles Hotel (Le Royal) and dinner at an Italian restaurant called Pop Café
de Geogio. – Both recommendations from Andrea!
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| Jenny, Jill, Dorthe at Elephant Bar |
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