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Our last day in Phnom Phen was spent walking, breathing in dust, riding the tuk-tuk around town and trying to enjoy the time we had left.We got to sleep in a little bit today leaving the house at 8am. Our first stop was the Russian market to buy souveniers. They have plenty of things there that was cheap. Silks, bags, shirts, wooden carvings, paintings, silver even pets! All the things you could imagine they had it there and from what we herd it was a popular tourist spot. Plenty of people around you were bargaining with the sellers, fortunately for us we had Auntie Elvie who can really lower the price. We got some silks for only $4! Of course Bing-bing had to get a new bag so now we each have two bags to check in. Before lunch we met with a missionary, Pastor Cade, at his house to visit and chat. His in-laws were visiting for the month so they were busy going around Cambodia. Lunch was grilled pork, rice, pork and vegetable soup, small orange and coke. By this time I was feeling very dehydrated sine we only drank coke and not enough water. One of the guys living in the house was our tour guide. We rented a tuk-tuk for the afternoon (only $5!) and went to the National Museum first then to the Grand Palace. The National museum was very cool with plenty of ancient statues, rock carvings and paintings. Tourist and school children abound there and we got a view of how truly ancient this civilization is and how bloody of a past they had. The Grand Palace was just that…huge!!!! We walked and walked and walked around it. There was this very opulent gold throne room of the king. A silver Pagoda or Temple where the floors were made of silver and a miniature Angkor Wat along with several ornate façade of meeting houses. I was exhausted, sick of breathing in the dust and fumes from the cars and needed a break. So Auntie Elvie took us to Big Burger. Would you believe McDonald's hasn't invaded Cambodia yet? I thought them and Starbuck were everywhere around the world! We then went back to the house where Aunt Elvies English class was meeting. The interaction was very fun and they sang for us the National Anthem and a song called "Pray for Cambodia".
For dinner we had Lai Ling and Auntie Elvie make us a traditional Khmer dish. It was soup that was very delicious! We had to go to the local market to get the ingredients. Now that was a fascinating to see, the fresh meat out in the open, fruits that you don't see at home and the smell….it was very different! Dinner was over by 8:30 and we were so exhausted we asked to be excused to prepare for bed ant to finish packing.
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