Jo and Sarb's Year Off

Monday, January 08, 2007

Day 185 (Mon 8 Jan) - Phnom Penh

Lazy start this morning.

Had brekky (where Sarb's ankle was slobbered over by the pupster) and wandered off to Wat Phnom.

Met Rachel wandering round the gardens and sat and had a chat. Decided to have a closer look at the Wat
.

Had to pay to get to the very summit
; seeing as the summit was a miserly 30 odd metres high it didn't seem quite worth it.

Said goodbye to Rachel as she was off to have a massage and wandered off down the riverfront, stopping off for a pop en route. Walked past very French looking buildings. Past the palace, a monument that depicted Vietnam and Cambodia as friends, to the Independence monument. Quite impressive.



Decided to walk to S21. Quite a long walk passing a merchant selling cute pupsters at the side of the road.

Had a tasty lunch of soup and noodles at a local cafe and wandered on up to S21.

S21 is very disturbing. It is housed in an innocent looking building; it was in fact a school before Pol Pot decided he could use it to 'house' prisoners. Walking round the exhibits, including the cells where prisoners were tortured, and reading about what went on in there cast the drab buildings in a whole new light.

Got back to the hotel and met up with Pete and Rachel. Had a good Indian dinner next door.

Had a few drinks in the bar where Sarb played Esteban at pool whilst Jo watched the telly.

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